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.

• Strategies for the Stereocontrolled De Novo Synthesis of Natural Prdoucts (L.A. Paquette). A Historical Perspective of Morphine Synthesis (T. Hudlicky et al. ). New Developments in the Synthesis of Polyketides and of Chiral Methyl Groups (J. Mulzer). Total Stereoselective Synthesis of Acetogenins of Annonaceae: A New Class of Bioactive Polyketides (B. Figadere, A. Cave). The Synthesis of Nonactic Acid. Its Derviatives and Nonactin itself (I. Fleming, S.K. Ghosh). Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Spiroethers, Tautomycin and Oscillatoxin D (A. Ichihara et al. ). Aza-Annulation of Enamine Related Substrates with alpha,beta-Unsaturated Carboxylate Derivatives as a Route to the Selective Synthesis of delta-Lactams and Pyridones (J.R. Stille, N.S. Barta). Selective Reactions and Total Synthesis of Inositol Phosphates (Y. Watanabe). Synthesis of Phytosphingolipids (T. Kamikawa). New Developments in Brassinosteroid Research (G. Adam et al. ). Structure Elucidation and Synthesis of the Lignans from the Seeds of Hernandia ovigera L. (M. Arimoto et al. ). Studies on the Absolute Configuration of Some Liverwort Sesquiterpenoids (M. Tori). Bioactive Gymnemic Acids and Congeners from Gymnema sylvestre (S.B. Mahato). Theory of the Origin, Function, and Evolution Secondary Metabolites (C. Christophersen). The Celastraceae from Latin America Chemistry and Biological Activity (O. Munoz et al. ). Structural Chemistry of Glycolipids from Fungi and Protozoa (E.B. Bergter, M.H.S.V. Boas). Potential Bioactive Conformations of Hormones of the Gastrin Family (L. Moroder, J. Lutz). When Two Steroids are Better than One: The Dimeric Steroid-Pyrazine Marine Alkaloids (A. Ganesan). Human IgG1 Hinge-Fragment as a Core Structure for Immunogens (L. Moroder et al. ). 13 C-NMR Spectroscopy of Coumarins and their Derivatives: A Comprehensive Review (B. Mikhova, H. Duddeck).