Volume 33. 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