Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 115
Editors: Kinghorn, A.D., Falk, H., Gibbons, S., Asakawa, Y., Liu, J.-K., Dirsch, V.M. (Eds.)
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This book describes current understandings and recent progress into a varied group of natural products. In the first chapter the role that total synthesis may play in revising the structures proposed for decanolides, which are ten-membered lactones found primarily in fungi, frogs, and termites is presented. The following chapter presents the development of the intriguing plant-derived sesquiterpene lactone, thapsigargin, a potent inhibitor of the enzyme, SERCA (sarco-endoplasmic Ca2+ ATPase), which has potential as a lead compound to treat cancer. The third chapter covers the potential of various plant phenolic compounds for treating the tropical and sub-tropical infectious disease, leishmaniasis. In addition the volume presents recent advances related to the plant alkaloid, cryptolepine, which is of particular interest as a lead for the treatment of malaria, trypanosomiasis, and cancer.
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 115
- Editors
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- A. Douglas Kinghorn
- Heinz Falk
- Simon Gibbons
- Yoshinori Asakawa
- Ji-Kai Liu
- Verena M Dirsch
- Series Title
- Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products
- Series Volume
- 115
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-64853-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-64853-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-64852-7
- Series ISSN
- 2191-7043
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VII, 203
- Number of Illustrations
- 101 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour
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