Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

Atta-ur-Rahman, Professor Emeritus, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Pakistan, was the Pakistan Federal Minister for Science and Technology (2000-2002), Federal Minister of Education (2002), and Chairman of the Higher Education Commission with the status of a Federal Minister from 2002-2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and an UNESCO Science Laureate. He is a leading scientist with more than 1283 publications in several fields of organic chemistry.

• Foreword Preface ContributorsFocus on fluorescent proteinsStructure, function and mode of action of select arthropod neuropeptidesNatural products as modulators of apoptosis and their role in inflammationSesquiterpenes classified as phytoalexinsBioactive triterpenes and related compounds from celastraceaeStructure-activity relationships of sesquiterpene lactonesSynthetic investigations in the field of drimane sesquiterpenoidsQuassinoids: Structure diversity, biological activity and synthetic studiesThe diterpenoids from the genus SideritisRecent developments in the asymmetric synthesis of lignansNatural oligostilbenesIsolation, structure elucidation and bioactivities of phenylethanoid glycosides from Cistanche, Forsythia and Plantago plantsPharmacological activities of phenylpropanoids glycosidesDevelopment of tubulin inhibitors as antimitotic agents for cancer therapyCholesterol biosynthesis inhibitors of microbial originStructure-activity relationships of curcumin and its analogs with different biological activitiesThe Vinca alkaloids: From biosynthesis and accumulation in plant cells, to uptake, activity and metabolism in animal cellsThe chemistry of Olea EuropaeaThe chemistry of the genus Cicer L.New research and development on the Formosan annonaceous plantsStructural and functional aspects of fungal glycosphingolipidsPhytochemical studies and pharmacological activities of plants in genus Hedyotis/OldeanlandiaSubject Index