Tigliane Diterpenoids

This book reviews the distribution, chemistry, and molecular bioactivity of tiglianes from the very beginning of the studies on these diterpenoids. It provides a summary of their clinical and toxicological literature mostly in its more recent and controversial aspects, while critically analyzing various proposals for their biosynthesis.

List of contents

1: Introduction.- 2: Historical Outline.- 3: Phytochemistry.- 4: Reactivity.- 5: Total Synthesis.- 6: Biological Activity.- 7: Conclusions.- 8: References.

Product details

• Assisted by: Yoshinori Asakawa (Editor), Verena M Dirsch (Editor), Heinz Falk (Editor), Simon Gibbons (Editor), A. Douglas Kinghorn (Editor), Ji-Kai Liu (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2024
• EAN: 9783031671791
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3167179-1
• No. of pages: 189
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 18 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 450 g
• Illustrations: IX, 189 p. 224 illus., 60 illus. in color.
• Series: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics