FORTSCHRITTE DER CHEMIE ORGANISCHER NATURSTOFFE / PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS, VOL. 93 by Mahendra Sahai, Edda Gossinger, Marta Luzhetska ( 9783709101391 )

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Title:

FORTSCHRITTE DER CHEMIE ORGANISCHER NATURSTOFFE / PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS, VOL. 93

By:

Mahendra Sahai, Edda Gossinger, Marta Luzhetska

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

3709101395

ISBN 13:

9783709101391

Publisher:

SPRINGER VERLAG GMBH

Pub. date:

29 June, 2010

Edition:

2010 ed.

Series:

Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe Progress in the Chemistry 93

Pages:

264

Description:

Contains contributions on various topics related to the origin, distribution, chemistry, synthesis, biochemistry, function or use of various classes of naturally occurring substances ranging from small molecules to biopolymers. This book is addressed to biologists, technologists, and chemists alike.

Synopsis:

Lignans, by convention, are a group of natural products that are formed by linking two phenylpropanoid units (C C units) by oxidative coupling. Most importantly, in 6 3 a lignan, two (C C units) are bound through the central carbon of their side chains, 6 3 0 i. e. the 8 and 8 positions (1, 2). The occurrence of C C -dimers, linked at sites other 6 3 0 than the 8-8 positions, is also known and these compounds have been termed neolignans (3, 4). As these two groups of compounds have close structural as well as biosynthetic relationships, they are often associated together and incorporated under the general term "lignan" (5). The diverse structural categorization of true lignans and of a few neolignans is presented in Fig. 1. Through the years, several review articles or books covering different facets of lignans, including their ch- istry (6, 7), biogenesis (8), synthesis (9), and biological activities (10) have been published. Enduring research for the investigation of secondary metabolites of plants has evidenced some compounds that are biogenetically related to true lignans or neolignans but bear some features not discerned in conventional lignans. These compounds or groups of compounds have been termed as "non-conventional lignans", and include coumarinolignans, ?avonolignans, and stilbenolignans. The non-conventional lignans, like the conventional ones, have two C C units linked 6 3 together but have additional structural features to place them also under the category of coumarins, ?avonoids, or stilbenes.

Illustrations:

7 Illustrations, color; 33 Illustrations, black and white; XVI, 264 p. 40

Publication:

Austria

Imprint:

Springer Verlag GmbH

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Returnable

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