Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

Atta-ur-Rahman, Professor Emeritus, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Pakistan, was the Pakistan Federal Minister for Science and Technology (2000-2002), Federal Minister of Education (2002), and Chairman of the Higher Education Commission with the status of a Federal Minister from 2002-2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and an UNESCO Science Laureate. He is a leading scientist with more than 1283 publications in several fields of organic chemistry.

• 1. Topoisomerase I Inhibitors Derived from Natural Products: Structure-Activity Relationships and Antitumor Potency, Chunquan Sheng et al.2.Isolation and Identification of Enediynes and Cycloaromatized Derivatives, M. S. Vela Gurovic3. Natural Substances from Higher Plants as Potential Anti-MRSA Agents, Györgyi Horváth et al.4. Multi-targeted Bioactive Materials of Plants in the Curcuma Genus and Related Compounds: Recent Advances, Miguel E. Alonso-Amelot5. Novel Diarylheptanoids and Metabolism and Bioavailablity of Curcumin, Jeevan K. Prasain And Stephen Barnes6. Antiulcerogenic Compounds Isolated from Medicinal Plants, Fernando Pereira Beserra, et al.7. The Total Synthesis of (-)-Tetrodotoxin: A Historical Account, Carlos A. Valdez8. Chiral Acyclic PNA Modifications: Synthesis and Properties, A. M. Varizhuk et al.9. Marine-Derived Fungi: Source of Biologically Potent and Novel Compounds, Mahesh S. Majik et al.10. Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology of Quorum-Sensing Pheromones and Microbial Hormones, Arata Yajima11. Exogenous and Endogenous Mediators of Oxygen Metabolism: Alternatives for Chemical and Biological Activity, Galina F. Fedorova et al.12. Recent Advances for Synthesis of Scyphostatin and Utilization of Oxabicyclo[2.2.1]Heptene toward Ethyl Shikimate, Kazuaki Kuwata et al.13. Isolation, Total Synthesis and Biological Activities of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid (ACC) Containing Natural Compounds, Michael G. Coleman and André O. Hudson