Pyrrole Pigments, Isoprenoid Compounds and Phenolic Plant Constituents

General Preface

Preface to Section II

Part A Pyrrole Pigments

Chapter I. Chemistry and Biochemistry of Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins


1. Introduction


2. Occurrence


3. General Chemistry


4. Physical Properties


5. The Iron Complexes of Porphyrins and their Derivatives


6. Haemins and Porphyrins of Importance in the Laboratory and their Preparation

References

Chapter II. Physico-Chemical Properties of Porphyrins


1. Introduction


2. Acid-Base Behaviour


3. Phase Distribution Phenomena


4. Spectroscopic Behaviour


5. Metal Ion Chelation


6. Further Coordination of Metalloporphyrin Complexes


7. Redox Equilibria


8. The Metal-Porphyrin Bond


9. Correlations of Structure and Physico-Chemical Behaviour

References

Chapter III. Chlorophyll


1. Chlorophyll a and b


2. Preparation of the Chlorophylls: Isolation from Plants


3. Photochemistry of Chlorophyll


4. Fate of Chlorophyll in Animal Nutrition


5. Chlorophyll in Food Technology


6. Other Chlorophyll Compounds


7. Biosynthesis of Chlorophyll

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter IV. Bile Pigments


1. Introduction


2. Haemoglobin Breakdown


3. Biosynthesis of Bile Pigments


4. Quantitative Aspects of Haemoglobin Breakdown


5. Jaundice


6. Biosynthesis of Conjugates of Bilirubin


7. Jaundice in Infancy

References

Part B Isoprenoid Compounds

Chapter V. Chemistry of Isoprenoid Compounds


1. Introduction


2. Hemiterpenoids and Related Substances


3. Monoterpenoids


4. Sesquiterpenoids


5. Diterpenoids


6. Triterpenoids


7. Tetraterpenoids


8. Mono- to Polyterpenoid Quinones and Chromanes


9. Polyterpenoids

References

Chapter VI. Vitamin A


1. Introduction


2. Retinol


3. Retinal


4. Vitamin A Acid (Retinole Acid)


5. Retinol Synthesis


6. Substances Related to Retinol


7. Conclusion

References

Chapter VII. Vitamins E

Vitamins E

References

Chapter VIII. Vitamins K


1. Vitamin K1


2. Vitamin K2(35)


3. Vitamin K2(30)


4. Menadione


5. Related Substances


6. Chemical Structure and Vitamin K Activity

References

Chapter IX. Quinones


1. Introduction


2. Naturally Occurring Quinones


3. Ubiquinones

References

Part C Phenolic Plant Constituents

Chapter X. Flavonoid Compounds, Tannins, Lignins and Related Compounds


1. Compounds with Isoprenoid Structures


2. Phenolic Compounds Derived by Linear Condensation of Two-Carbon Units


3. Phenylpropane-Derived Compounds


4. Flavonoid and Related Compounds


5. Miscellaneous Compounds


6. Conclusion

References

Subject Index