Fortschritte der Chemie Organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1974 Coll. Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, Vol. 31

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/ Contents.- Recent Developments in the Chemistry of Penicillins.- I. Introduction.- II. Nomenclature.- III. Reactions at the ?-Lactam Ring.- IV. Reactions at the Thiazolidine Ring.- V. Conclusion.- References.- The Antibiotic Complex of the Verrucarins and Roridins.- I. Introduction.- II. Production and Isolation.- III. Structure and Chemical Transformations.- IV. Total Synthesis.- V. Methods of Assay.- VI. Biosynthesis.- VII. Biological Activity.- Acknowledgement.- References.- Aflatoxins and Sterigmatocystins.- I. Introduction.- II. Isolation and Characterisation of the Mycotoxins.- III. Structural Elucidation of the Mycotoxins.- IV. Synthesis of the (±)-Forms of the Mycotoxins and of Related Compounds.- V. Biogenesis of the Mycotoxins.- VI. Conclusion.- References.- Flavonoid-Glykoside.- I. Strukturtypen von Flavonoid-O-Glykosiden und ihre Verbreitung.- II. Flavonoid-C-Glykoside.- III. Synthese von Flavonoidglykosiden.- Addenda.- Biogenetic-Type Syntheses of Polyketide Metabolites.- I. Introduction.- II. Early Studies.- III. Modern Concepts of Polyketide Biosynthesis.- IV. Experimental Support for the Polyketide Theory.- V. Syntheses of ?-Polycarbonyl Compounds.- VI. Cyclizations of ?-Polycarbonyl Compounds.- VII. Conclusions.- References.- The Chemistry of Spiro[4.5]Decane Sesquiterpenes.- A. Introduction.- B. The Acoranes and Alaskanes.- C. The Spirovetivanes.- D. Biogenetic Considerations.- E. Tables of Naturally Occurring Spiro[4.5]Decanes.- Addendum.- References.- Phorbolesters — the Irritants and Cocarcinogens of Croton Tiglium L..- 1. Introduction.- 2. Fractionation of Croton Oil.- 3. Chemistry of Phorbol and of the Croton Oil Factors.- 4. Further Diterpenes and Diterpene Esters from Croton Oil.- 5. On the Biological Activities of the IsolatedDiterpenes and their Esters.- 6. Conclusions and Perspectives.- References.- Stereoselektive Totalsynthese von Indolalkaloiden..- Structure, Chemistry, and Biosynthesis of the Melanins..- I. Introduction.- II. Enzymic Nature of Melanogenesis.- III. Allomelanins.- IV. Eumelanins.- V. Phaeomelanins.- VI. Conclusions.- References.- Addendum.- Mechanisms of Corrin Dependent Enzymatic Reactions..- I. Introduction.- II. Nomenclature.- III. Properties and Reactions of Corrins and Related Compounds.- IV. Coenzyme B12 Dependent Enzymatic Reactions.- V. Corrin Dependent Enzymatic Reactions.- References.- Namenverzeichnis. Author Index.- Sachverzeichnis. Subject Index.