Main description:

Activities and biological relationships of terpenes.
An accurate assessment of where and what terpenes can lead to.
Discusses how microbes, in particular the actinomycetales, have well over 400 different gene clusters that produce terpenes.
Arranged by biological activities and usage.
Provides information on eukaryotic enzymes that have been shown to be a source of "ethnobotanical" terpenes

Contents:

Chapter 1: Classification, General Methods of Extraction and Isolation of Terpenoids

Chapter 2: Synthesis and Pharmacological Activities of Monoterpenoids

Chapter 3: Synthesis, and Medicinal Uses of Diterpenoids

Chapter 4: Name Reactions in Terpenoid Chemistry

Chapter 5: Biogenesis of Terpenoids

Chapter 6: Anticancer Natural Terpenoids

Chapter 7: Terpene Glycosides

Chapter 8: Terpenes as Starting Compounds for Other Types of Molecules Including Alkaloids

Chapter 9: Synthesis and Medicinal Uses of Triterpenoids

Chapter 10: Synthesis and Medicinal Uses of Sesquiterpenoids and Sesterpenoids

Chapter 11: Terpenes as Useful Drugs

Chapter 12: Terpenoids: A Brief Survey of Naturally Occurring Terpenes Molecules

Chapter 13: A Brief Account on Plant and Marine-Derived Terpenoids

Chapter 14: A Synthetic Overview of Terpenes and Nor Diterpenes

Chapter 15: Sesquiterpenes: A Chemical Synthesis and Biological Activity

Chapter 16: Sesquiterpenes Lactone: Biogenesis and Chemical Synthesis

Chapter 17: An Overview of Lactarane: A New Class of Bio-Active Molecules

Chapter 18: Terpenes: A Potential Chiral Pool for the Synthesis of Medicinally Privileged Bioactive Molecules

Chapter 19: Terpenes: A Unique Source of Oil and Fragrance in Industry