Bioactive Natural Products (Part C): V22 (Studies in Natural Products Chemistry)

Natural products play an integral and ongoing role in promoting numerous aspects of scientific advancement, and many aspects of basic research programs are intimately related to natural products. The significance, therefore, of the Studies in Natural Product Chemistry series, edited by Professor Atta-ur-Rahman, cannot be overestimated. This volume, in accordance with previous volumes, presents us with cutting-edge contributions of great importance. v. 1. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. A v. 2. Structure elucidation, pt. A v. 3. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. B v. 4. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. C v. 5. Structure elucidation, pt. B v. 6. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. D v. 7. Structure and chemistry, pt. A v. 8. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. E v. 9. Structure and chemistry, pt. B v. 10. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. F v. 11. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. G v. 12. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. H v. 13. Bioactive natural products, pt. A v. 14. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. I v. 15. Structure and chemistry, pt. C v. 16. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. J v. 17. Structure and chemistry, pt. D v. 18. Stereoselective synthesis, pt. K v. 19. Structure and chemistry, pt. E v. 20. Structure and chemistry, pt. F (including cumulative index, volumes 1-20) v. 21. Bioactive natural products, pt. B v. 22. Bioactive natural products, pt. C v. 23. Bioactive natural products, pt. D v. 24. Bioactive natural products, pt. E v. 26. Bioactive natural products, pt. G v. 27. Bioactive natural products, pt. H v. 28. Bioactive natural products, pt. I v. 29. Bioactive natural products, pt. J By the end of 1997, the World Health Organization announced that about thirty million cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have been reported worldwide with approximately an equal number of unreported cases. On the occasion of complex natural products synthesis, choice of the starting material(s) becomes a key for success of the aim in many cases. Alkaloids represent one of the largest class of natural products with over 12000 defined structures [1].