Author | : A. Douglas Kinghorn |
File Size | : 41,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 02 April 2021 |
ISBN | : 9783030648534 |
Pages | : 214 pages |
Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 115 by A. Douglas Kinghorn Book PDF Summary
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.