The alkaloids Chemistry and pharmacology. Volume 27

The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Pharmacology V27 Content: Edited by Page iii Copyright page Page iv Contributors Page vii Preface Page ix Arnold Brossi Chapter 1 Alkaloids from Tabernaemontana Original Research Article Pages 1-130 Bruno Danieli, Giovanni Palmisano Chapter 2 Corynantheine, Yohimbine, and Related Alkaloids Original Research Article Pages 131-268 Csaba Szántay, Gábor Blaskó, Katalin Honty, Gábor Dörnyei Chapter 3 Pyrrolidine Alkaloids Original Research Article Pages 269-322 Georges Massiot, Clement Delaude Chapter 4 Metabolic Transformations of Alkaloids Original Research Article Pages 323-405 J.P.N. Rosazza, M.W. Duffel Addendum to Chapter 2 Pages 407-410 Index Pages 411-437 Alkaloids are a major group of natural products derived from a variety of organisms, which are widely used as medicinal and biological agents. This work covers the field of chemotaxonomy, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis, and biology of various classes of alkaloids from higher and lower plants, marine organisms, and others. Part of a monographic series on alkaloids providing coverage of the expanding field of the chemotaxonomy, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis and biology of all classes of alkaloids, this volume deals with plant biotechnology and how to get alkaloids from mushrooms. Sarpagine-type indole alkaloids have a structural feature bonding the C-5 and C-16 positions in thc Corynanthe-type monoterpenoid indole alkaloids.