International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Special Topic Issue on the Theme of Natural Products and Biodiversity

This issue includes reviews and research papers based on lectures presented at the 25th International Symposium on Chemistry of Natural Products (ISCNP-25) and 5th International Conference on Biodiversity (ICOB-5), held jointly in Kyoto, Japan, 23-28 July 2006, on the theme of natural products.

Foreword

James R. Bull

p. v [Abstract]

Preface

Daisuke Uemura

p. vi [Abstract]

Part 1: Biodiversity, Structure, and Bioactivity

Development of huperzine A and B for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Donglu Bai

p. 469 [Abstract]

Chemistry of oxylipin pathways in marine diatoms

Angelo Fontana, Giuliana d'Ippolito, Adele Cutignano, Antonio Miralto, Adrianna Ianora, Giovanna Romano, and Guido Cimino

p. 481 [Abstract]

Recent heterocyclic compounds from marine invertebrates: Structure and synthesis

Yoel Kashman, Amira Rudi, and Doron Pappo

p. 491 [Abstract]

Studies on the red sweat of the Hippopotamus amphibius

Kimiko Hashimoto, Yoko Saikawa, and Masaya Nakata

p. 507 [Abstract]

Endogenous factors involved in the regulation of movement and "memory" in plants

Minoru Ueda, Yoko Nakamura, and Masahiro Okada

p. 519 [Abstract]

Chemistry and evolution of the Piperaceae

Massuo J. Kato and Maysa Furlan

p. 529 [Abstract]

Recent advances in the chemistry and biological activities of the Pimpinella species of Turkey

K. Husnu Can Baser, Nurhayat Tabanca, Nese Kirimer, Erdal Bedir, Ikhlas A. Khan, and David E. Wedge

p. 539 [Abstract]

Biologically active compounds from bryophytes

Yoshinori Asakawa

p. 557 [Abstract]

Discovery, chemistry, and chemical biology of microbial products

Satoshi Ōmura and Kazuro Shiomi

p. 581 [Abstract]

Mitsoamide: A cytotoxic linear lipopeptide from the Madagascar marine cyanobacterium Geitlerinema sp.

Eric H. Andrianasolo, Douglas Goeger, and William H. Gerwick

p. 593 [Abstract]

Discovery of micafungin (FK463): A novel antifungal drug derived from a natural product lead

Akihiko Fujie

p. 603 [Abstract]

Structural development studies of nuclear receptor ligands

Shinnosuke Hosoda and Yuichi Hashimoto

p. 615 [Abstract]

Part 2: Synthetic Methodology and Total Synthesis

Synthesis of natural products and analogs using multiple Pd-catalyzed transformations

Lutz F. Tietze and Tom Kinzel

p. 629 [Abstract]

Recent progress in the synthesis of bioactive polycyclic natural products

Masaaki Miyashita

p. 651 [Abstract]

Progress toward a total synthesis of spirastrellolide A

Ian Paterson, Edward A. Anderson, Stephen M. Dalby, Jong Ho Lim, Olivier Loiseleur, Philip Maltas, and Christian Moessner

p. 667 [Abstract]

Synthesis of an analog of mycothiazole and total synthesis of pseudotrienic acid B

Dominique Amans, Alexandre Le Flohic, Véronique Bellosta, Christophe Meyer, and Janine Cossy

p. 677 [Abstract]

Total synthesis of the marine natural product (+)-discodermolide in multigram quantities

Stuart J. Mickel

p. 685 [Abstract]

Enantioselective constructions of quaternary carbons and their application to the asymmetric total syntheses of fredericamycin A and discorhabdin A

Yasuyuki Kita and Hiromichi Fujioka

p. 701 [Abstract]

Part 3: Chemical Biology and Biological Interfaces

Influence of C-terminal amidation on the antimicrobial and hemolytic activities of cationic α-helical peptides

Erik Strandberg, Deniz Tiltak, Marco Ieronimo, Nathalie Kanithasen, Parvesh Wadhwani, and Anne S. Ulrich

p. 717 [Abstract]

Calreticulin transacetylase (CRTAase): Identification of novel substrates and CRTAase-mediated modification of protein kinase C (PKC) activity in lymphocytes of asthmatic patients by polyphenolic acetates

Ruchika Gulati, Ajit Kumar, Seema Bansal, Yogesh K. Tyagi, Tapesh K. Tyagi, Prija Ponnan, Shashwat Malhotra, Sapan K. Jain, Usha Singh, Surendra K. Bansal, Hanumantharao G. Raj, Bilikere S. Dwarakanath, Nabo K. Chaudhury, Anjana Vij, Vannan K. Vijayan, Ramesh C. Rastogi, and Virinder S. Parmar

p. 729 [Abstract]

Diversity in isoprene unit biosynthesis: The methylerythritol phosphate pathway in bacteria and plastids

Michel Rohmer

p. 739 [Abstract]

From natural products to biological tools

Peter Wipf, Thomas H. Graham, and Jingbo Xiao

p. 753 [Abstract]

Modern pharmacognosy: Connecting biology and chemistry

Lars Bohlin, Ulf Göransson, and Anders Backlund

p. 763 [Abstract]

Molecular characterization of vomeronasal sensory neurons responding to a male-specific peptide in tear fluid: Sexual communication in mice

Sachiko Haga, Hiroko Kimoto, and Kazushige Touhara

p. 775 [Abstract]

Manipulating nature's sugar biosynthetic machineries for glycodiversification of macrolides: Recent advances and future prospects

Christopher J. Thibodeaux and Hung-wen Liu

p. 785 [Abstract]

Porphyrins as spectroscopic sensors for conformational studies of DNA

Milan Balaz, Klaus Bitsch-Jensen, Angela Mammana, George A. Ellestad, Koji Nakanishi, and Nina Berova

p. 801 [Abstract]

Phytochemical genomics in Arabidopsis thaliana: A case study for functional identification of flavonoid biosynthesis genes

Takayuki Tohge, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Rie Niida, Akiko Watanabe-Takahashi, and Kazuki Saito

p. 811 [Abstract]

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