The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology, Vol. 60

Geoffrey A. Cordell (Ed.)0124695604, 9780124695603

This series is world-renowned as the leading compilation of current reviews of this vast field. Internationally acclaimed for more than forty years, The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology, founded by the late Professor R.H.F. Manske, continues to provide outstanding coverage of this rapidly expanding field. Each volume provides, through its distinguished authors, up-to-date and detailed coverage of particular classes or sources of alkaloids.

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Table of contents :
Content:
CONTENTS
Pages v-vi

CONTRIBUTORS
Pages vii-viii

PREFACE
Page ix

CLINICAL STUDIES OF CAMPTOTHECIN AND DERIVATIVES Review Article
Pages 1-50
Otto Soepenberg, Alex Sparreboom, Jaap Verweij

TREMORGENIC AND NONTREMORGENIC 2,3-FUSED INDOLE DITERPENOIDS Review Article
Pages 51-163
Heather Sings, Sheo Singh

THE DAPHNIPHYLLUM ALKALOIDS Review Article
Pages 165-205
Jun’ichi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Morita

THE MANZAMINE ALKALOIDS Review Article
Pages 207-285
Jin-Feng Hu, Mark T Hamann, Russell Hill, Michelle Kelly

SESQUITERPENE PYRIDINE ALKALOIDS Review Article
Pages 287-343
Luciano M Lião

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MELANIN Review Article
Pages 345-391
D.P. Chakraborty, Shyamali Roy

INDEX
Pages 393-404