The furan nucleus is found in a large number of biologically active materials. In recent years,
many natural furan derivatives were isolated and their biological effects were investigated. In …

Maytansine is a pharmacologically active 19-membered ansamacrolide derived from
various medicinal plants and microorganisms. Among the most studied pharmacological …

Containing fully authenticated data on virtually all known natural products, the" Dictionary of
Natural Products", main work, published in 1993 was the end result of over 12 years …

Throughout medical history, plant products have been shown to be valuable sources of
novel anti-cancer drugs. Examples are the Vinca alkaloids, the taxanes, and the …

Scientific strategies for the study of natural products from plants have changed substantially
in the past few years for a number of reasons, including advances in technology, new …

Plant extracts of the Celastraceae have been used for centuries throughout South America
and China as insect repellents and insecticides in traditional agriculture, and also for the …

Many important bioactive compounds have been discovered from natural sources using
bioactivity-directed fractionation and isolation (BDFl)[Balunas MJ, Kinghorn AD (2005) Drug …

Covering: January 1990 to June 2006 Dihydro-β-agarofuran sesquiterpenoids are a
structurally diverse class of natural products based on tricyclic 5, 11-epoxy-5β, 10α …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides an update on pyridine and piperidine alkaloids.
Cardiovascular effects of nicotine and cotinine have been studied. One study reported an …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Plants of genus Celastrus (Celastraceae) have been
widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Indian medicine to treat cognitive …