Biologically Active Natural Products

Horace G. Cutler, Stephen J. Cutler

"Text that crosses many disciplines and provides examples of synthethic chemistry, biochemistry, metabolism and plant pathology"…"Gives examples of bioactive compounds as lead."--Cambridge University Press"The overall book is excellent."…"Highly recommended for institutional libraries and personal libraries of those interested in the future of biotechnology."--Timothy Morton, Dept. Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago.

• Agrochemicals and Pharmaceuticals: The Connection-Horace G. Cutler, and Stephen J. CutlerTerpenoids With Potential Use as Natural Templates-Francisco A. Macias, Jose M. G. Molinillo, Juan C. G. Galindo, Rosa M. Varela, Ascension Torres, and Ana M. SimonetAllelopathy of Velvetbean: Its Discrimination and Identification of L-DOPA as a Candidate of Allelopathic Substances-Y. FujiiPhytochemical Inhibitors from the Nymphaeceae: Nymphaea odorata and Nuphar lutea-Tella D. Elakovich, Stacy Spence, and Jie YangDevelopment of an Allelopathic Compound from Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus Altissima) as a Natural Product Herbicide-Rod M. HeiseyTriterpenoids and Other Potential Active Compounds from Wheat Straw: Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis-Elvira Maria M. S. M. Gaspar, H. J. Chaves das Neves, and M. Manuela A. PereiraGlucosinolates as Natural Pesticides-Steven F. VaughnCoronatine: Chemistry and Biological Activities-Akitami Ichihara , and Hiroaki ToshimaBiochemical Interactions of the Microbial Phytotoxin Phosphinothricin and Analogs with Plants and Microbes-Robert E. HoaglandSequestration of Phytotoxins by Plants: Implications for Biosynthetic Production-S. O. Duke, A. M. Rimando, M. V. Duke, R. N. Paul, J. F. S. Ferreira, and R. J. SmedaPotent Mosquito Repellents from the Leaves of Eucalyptus and Vitex Plants-Hiroyuki Nishimura, and Atsushi SatohArthropod Semiochemicals as Multifunctional Natural Products-Murray S. BlumTobacco as a Biochemical Resource: Past, Present, and Future-D. A. Danehower, R. C. Long, C. P. Wilcox, A. K. Weissinger, T. A. Bartholomew, and H. E. SwaisgoodNatural Products as Bioherbicides-Mikhail M. Bobylev, Ludmila I. Bobyleva, and Gary A. StrobelSpectrum of Activity of Antifungal Natural Products and their Analogs-Stephen R. Parker, Robert A. Hill, and Horace G. CutlerAflastins, New Streptomyces Metabolites that Inhibit Aflatoxin Biosynthesis-Akira Isogai, Shohei Sakuda, Makoto Ono, Hir