Main description:

'Natural Compounds: Plant Sources, Structure and Properties' details the properties of over 7,500 chemical compounds of pharmacological interest found in plants. Each volume systematically covers occurrence of the compounds in plants, illustrations of chemical structures plus physical-chemical, spectral, and pharmacological data. Entries are indexed by plant name, subject, and pharmacological property. This provides unique coverage of information on compounds isolated from some 3,000 plants, including many from central Asia and Russia, that are not well known elsewhere. The entries for each compound share a similar format. The entries are preceded by tabulated information on the occurrence of the compounds in plants etc. The highly experienced team of compilers from the renowned Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances in Tashkent have expertly assessed the international literature and include data only when confident of its validity, e.g. excluding data where measurement processes cause degradation of the original compound.

Contents:

Alkaloids: Eurasia Research Findings. Occurrence of Alkaloids in Plant Species.- Physico-Chemical and Pharmacological Properties of Alkaloids.- Natural sesquiterpene esters. Occurrence of Sesquiterpene Esters in Plant Species.- Physico-Chemical and Pharmacological Properties of Sesquiterpene Esters. Flavonoids. Occurrence of Flavonoids in Plant Families.- Physico-Chemical and Pharmacological Properties of Flavonoids.Cycloartane triterpenoids and Glycosides. Occurrence of Cycloartane Triterpenoids and Glycosides in Plant Species.- Physico-Chemical and Pharmacological Properties of Cycloartane Triterpenoids and Glycosides. Triterpene glycosides. Occurrence of Triterpene glycosides in Plant Species.- Physic-Chemical and Pharmacological Properties of Triterpene glycosides. Phytoecdysteroids: chemistry and occurrence. Occurrence of Phytoecdysteroids in Plant Species.- Physic-Chemical and Biological Properties of Phytoecdysteroids.- Phytoecdysteroids and their conjugates.