Papers based on presentations
at the 24th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products
and the 4th International Congress on Biodiversity, Delhi, India,
26-31 January 2004
Preface, V. S. Parmar
Natural products chemistry and phytomedicine in the21st: New developments
and challenges
H. Wagner
p. 1 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 164KB]
Biodiversity: A continuing source of novel drug leads
G. M. Cragg and D. J. Newman
p. 7 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 291KB]
Investigations toward new lead compounds from medicinally important
plants
A. K. Prasad, V. Kumar, P. Arya, S. Kumar, R. Dabur, N. Singh, A.
K. Chhillar, G. L. Sharma, B. Ghosh, J. Wengel, C. E. Olsen, and V.
S. Parmar
p. 25 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 457KB]
Biological activity from indigenous medicinal plants of Mauritius
A. Gurib-Fakim, H. Subratty, F. Narod, J. Govinden-Soulange, and
F. Mahomoodally
p. 41 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 181KB]
Discovery of drug candidates from some Turkish plants and conservation
of biodiversity
B. Sener and I. Orhan
p. 53 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 278KB]
New anti-invasive compounds: Results from the Indo-Belgian screening
program
B. W. Vanhoecke, H. T. Depypere, A. De Beyter, S. K. Sharma, V.
S. Parmar, D. De Keukeleire, and M. E. Bracke
p. 65 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 572KB]
Biodiversity as a source of new pharmacophores: A new theory of memory.
Part 3
Atta-ur-Rahman and M. I. Choudhary
p. 75 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 225KB]
Diverse metabolites of coral reef organisms
J. Tanaka, M. Kuniyoshi, C. Tanaka, H. H. Issa, W. Balansa, M. Otsuka,
W. P. Githige, and T. Higa
p. 83 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 278KB]
Biopolyphenolics as antioxidants: Studies under an Indo-Italian CSIR-CNR
project
M. C. Foti, S. K. Sharma, G. Shakya, A. K. Prasad, G. Nicolosi,
P. Bovicelli, B. Ghosh, H. G. Raj, R. C. Rastogi, and V. S. Parmar
p. 91 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 269KB]
Approaches to the stereoselective total synthesis of biologically
active natural products
A. Baron, M. Ball, B. Bradshaw, S. Donnelly, O. Germay, P. C. Oller,
N. Kumar, N. Martin, M. O'Brien, H. Omori, C. Moore, and E. J. Thomas
p. 103 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 471KB]
From 3,3,4,4-tetraethoxybutyne to carbohydrate mimics
L. K. Sydnes, O. H. Kvernenes, and S. Valdersnes
p. 119 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 300KB]
Noniterative approach to the total asymmetric synthesis of 15-carbon
polyketides and analogs with high stereodiversity
P. Vogel, S. Gerber-Lemaire, A. T. Carmona, K. T. Meilert, and M.-E.
Schwenter
p. 131 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 217KB]
Use of furans in synthesis of bioactive compounds
H.-K. Lee, K.-F. Chan, C.-W. Hui, H.-K. Yim, X.-W. Wu, and H. N.
C. Wong
p. 139 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 230KB]
Chemistry of tetrathiomolybdate and tetraselenotungstate: Applications
in carbohydrate chemistry
P. R. Sridhar, V. Saravanan, and S. Chandrasekaran
p. 145 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 291KB]
Creating chemical diversity space by scaffold decoration of dihydropyrimidines
D. Dallinger and C. O. Kappe
p. 155 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 181KB]
Toward the library generation of natural product-like polycyclic derivatives
by stereocontrolled diversity-oriented synthesis
P. Arya, S. Quevillon, R. Joseph, C.-Q. Wei, Z. Gan, M. Parisien,
E. Sesmilo, P. T. Reddy, Z.-X. Chen, P. Durieux, D. Laforce, L.-C. Campeau,
S. Khadem, S. Couve-Bonnaire, R. Kumar, U. Sharma, D. M. Leek, M. Daroszewska,
p. 163 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 543KB]
Novel pyrrole containing hypoglycemic and hypotriglyceridemic compounds
B. B. Lohray and V. Lhoray
p. 179 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 171KB]
Synthesis of novel non-isoprenoid phenolic acids and 3-alkylpyridines
S. C. Jain, R. Kumar, R. Goswami, M. K. Pandey, S. Khurana, L. Rohatgi,
and K. Gyanda
p. 185 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 255KB]
Novel anti-infective compounds
V. B. Lohray, B. B. Lohray, and B. K. Srivastava
p. 195 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 203KB]
Indo-U.S. collaborative studies on biocatalytic generation of novel
molecular architectures
A. C. Watterson, V. S. Parmar, R. Kumar, S. K. Sharma, N. A. Shakil,
R. Tyagi, A. K. Sharma, L. A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, R. Nicolosi, and
T. Shea
p. 201 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 206KB]
Biocatalytic routes toward pharmaceutically important precursors and
novel polymeric systems
S. K. Sharma, M. Husain, R. Kumar, L. A. Samuelson, J. Kumar, A.
C. Watterson, and V. S. Parmar
p. 209 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 421KB]
Gel-immobilized enzymes as promising biocatalysts: Results from Indo-Russian
collaborative studies
E. A. Markvicheva, V. I. Lozinsky, F. M. Plieva, K. A. Kochetkov,
L. D. Rumsh, V. P. Zubov, J. Maity, R. Kumar, V. S. Parmar, and Yu.
N. Belokon
p. 227 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 206KB]
Selective transacylation reactions on 4-aryl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-ones
and nucleosides mediated by novel lipases
Poonam, A. K. Prasad, C. Mukherjee, G. Shakya, G. K. Megawanshi,
J. Wengel, R. K. Saxena, and V. S. Parmar
p. 237 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 218KB]
Acetoxy drug: protein transacetylase: A novel enzyme-mediating protein
acetylation by polyphenolic peracetates
H. G. Raj, B. K. Singh, E. Kohli, B. S. Dwarkanath, S. C. Jain,
R. C. Rastogi, A. Kumar, J. S. Adhikari, A. C. Watterson, C. E. Olsen,
and V. S. Parmar
p. 245 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 206KB]
Production of a novel alkaline lipase by Fusarium globulosum using
neem oil, and its applications
R. Gulati, J. Isar, V. Kumar, A. K. Prasad, V. S. Parmar, and R.
K. Saxena
p. 251 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 269KB]
Biocatalytic synthesis of novel electronic and photovoltaic materials
R. Mosurkal, R. Kumar, F. F. Bruno, R. Nagarajan, L. Samuelson,
and J. Kumar
p. 263 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 240KB]
Biocatalytic production of flavors and fragrances
M. C. R. Franssen, L. Alessandrini, and G. Terraneo
p. 273 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 174KB]
Plasmodium falciparum triosephosphate isomerase: New insights into
an old enzyme
G. Ravindra and P. Balaram
p. 281 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 422KB]
Electrostatic cross-modulation of the pseudoaromatic character in
single-stranded RNA by nearest-neighbor interactions
P. Acharya and J. Chattopadhyaya
p. 291 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 724KB]
Identification of target genes of microRNAs in retinoic acid-induced
neuronal differentiation
H. Kawasaki and K. Taira
p. 313 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 232KB]
Novel nucleic acid architectures involving locked nucleic acid (LNA)
and pyrene residues: Results from an Indo-Danish collaboration
B. R. Babu, Raunak, M. D. S�rensen, P. J. Hrdlicka, S. Trikha, A.
K. Prasad, V. S. Parmar, and J. Wengel
p. 319 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 241KB]
Forced intercalation as a tool in gene diagnostics and in studying
DNA-protein interactions
O. K�hler, D. V. Jarikote, I. Singh, V. S. Parmar, E. Weinhold,
and O. Seitz
p. 327 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 315KB]
Biocatalytic approaches for synthesis of conducting polyaniline nanoparticles
A. L. Cholli, M. Thiyagarajan, J. Kumar, and V. S. Parmar
p. 339 [Abstract] [full
text - pdf 251KB]