Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Focus on fluorescent proteins
Structure, function and mode of action of select arthropod neuropeptides
Natural products as modulators of apoptosis and their role in inflammation
Sesquiterpenes classified as phytoalexins
Bioactive triterpenes and related compounds from celastraceae
Structure-activity relationships of sesquiterpene lactones
Synthetic investigations in the field of drimane sesquiterpenoids
Quassinoids: Structure diversity, biological activity and synthetic studies
The diterpenoids from the genus Sideritis
Recent developments in the asymmetric synthesis of lignans
Natural oligostilbenes
Isolation, structure elucidation and bioactivities of phenylethanoid glycosides from Cistanche, Forsythia and Plantago plants
Pharmacological activities of phenylpropanoids glycosides
Development of tubulin inhibitors as antimitotic agents for cancer therapy
Cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitors of microbial origin
Structure-activity relationships of curcumin and its analogs with different
biological activities
The Vinca alkaloids: From biosynthesis and accumulation in plant cells,
to uptake, activity and metabolism in animal cells
The chemistry of Olea Europaea
The chemistry of the genus Cicer L.
New research and development on the Formosan annonaceous plants
Structural and functional aspects of fungal glycosphingolipids
Phytochemical studies and pharmacological activities of plants in genus Hedyotis/Oldeanlandia
Subject Index