Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart

Books in Organic chemistry

BooksJournals

    • Antidiabetic Drug Discovery from Natural Products

      • 1st Edition
      • June 12, 2025
      • Shailendra S. Gurav + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 0 0 8 6 8
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 0 0 8 7 5
      Antidiabetic Drug Discovery from Natural Products provides up-to-date and in-depth information, practical understanding, and guidance in a comprehensive, systematic and easy-to-understand manner to scientists, researchers, and graduate students on important and emerging biochemical topics related to current antidiabetic drug discovery research. This book analyzes and studies natural active substances and their medicinal chemistry in preventing and treating diabetes and its complications. It covers a wide range of critical issues to assist chemists in the discovery and development of safer, more affordable treatments, from identifying promising leads from medicinal plants to the extraction and synthesis of bioactive compounds.Following an introduction to bioactive chemical compounds from plants with antidiabetic effects, the book describes the discovery and extraction of antidiabetic drugs and antioxidants from natural sources. It also examines antidiabetic plants before delving deeper into the chemistry behind major medicinal substances and their derivatives like Mangiferin and Resveratrol, discussing both current and prospective uses.

    • Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 146
      • May 9, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 1 6 6 2 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 1 6 6 3 0
      Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Volume 146 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Reactions of Selenium Heterocycles, Recent advances in the synthesis and reactions of tellurium heterocycles, The Literature of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Part XXII, 2022, Olefin metathesis in the synthesis of benzopyran, benzofuran and flavonoid scaffolds, Bimanes in Retrospect: An In-Depth Analysis of Their Chemical Evolution and Applications of Derivatives Over the Last Half Century, Ring-Fluorination of Heterocycles using Chemical and Electrochemical Methods, and Heterocyclic Zwitterions Based on Coupled Polymethines.

    • Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 85
      • May 5, 2025
      • Atta-ur Rahman
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 3 7 5 4 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 3 7 5 5 3
      Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, Volume 85 covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products, providing cutting-edge accounts on fascinating developments in the isolation, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis, and pharmacology of a diverse array of bioactive natural products. Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects.With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to isolate and then determine the structures and biological activity of natural products rapidly, thus opening up exciting opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry.

    • The Alkaloids

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 93
      • March 24, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 4 7 4 7 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 4 7 4 8 1
      The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology, Volume 93, the latest release in a series that has been exploring the topic for over 60 years, delves into key aspects of alkaloid chemistry, biology, and pharmacology. This volume discusses the chemistry of quinoline and quinazoline alkaloids, guanidine alkaloids from marine sponges, the chemistry and biology of stemona alkaloids, and the chemistry and biology of pyrazole and indazole alkaloids.

    • Organic Syntheses Based on Name Reactions

      • 4th Edition
      • March 17, 2025
      • Alfred Hassner + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 2 9 6 1 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 2 9 6 2 6
      Organic Syntheses Based on Name Reactions is an invaluable reference book for organic chemists in academia and industry. In continuation of Hassner and Namboothiri’s popular 3rd Edition, this new edition with full colored graphics covers nearly 800 reactions, with numerous chemo-, regio- and stereoselective reactions. A diligently prepared summary of important information for each entry allows a chemist to grasp and apply these seminal reactions in their studies and research work. A general scheme, a brief introduction and a representative reaction from the literature with mechanistic outline, a brief procedure, and selected literature references to assist further reading are included in each entry. Besides various indexes (name, reagent, reaction and functional group transformation), a unique overview (in alphabetic order and in terms of reaction category) enable readers to look through the vast repertoire of key organic reactions and an appendix enriched with general information that is extremely useful to students and organic chemistry practitioners are part of this book. Additionally, an online companion site offers preface to previous editions and extensive reference materials. This new edition is very special with its exhaustive coverage, excellent organization and high-quality presentation and is an indispensable resource for every organic chemist.

    • Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 84
      • March 17, 2025
      • Atta-ur Rahman
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 3 7 5 2 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 3 7 5 3 9
      Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to isolate and then determine the structures and biological activity of natural products rapidly, thus opening up exciting opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry.Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, volume 84 covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products, providing cutting edge accounts of the fascinating developments in the isolation, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis and pharmacology of a diverse array of bioactive natural products.

    • Phytochemicals for Health

      • 1st Edition
      • March 2, 2025
      • Marcello Locatelli + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 5 3 6 6 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 5 3 6 7 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 5 3 6 8 6
      Phytochemicals for Health presents the state of the art in the field of Phytochemicals. It highlights how, following the interactions of plants and the environment, an analytical approach for standardization and quality control is of fundamental importance to product quality control.Parts I and II cover the main problems relatied to natural products (plants, extraction, quantitative analysis, relationship with the surrounding environment). Part III presents the main classes of organic compounds identified and reported, and Part IV includes inorganic compounds. It also includes a chapter covering all the natural compounds that have become Active Principle Ingredients (API), highlighting next challenges.Phytochem... for Health is a valuable tool for senior scientists working in natural products field interested in investigating the correlation between chemical profile and biological activity in order to obtain a product that is safe for human health.

    • Discovery and Development of Anti-Prostate Cancerous Agents from Natural Products

      • 1st Edition
      • February 17, 2025
      • Goutam Brahmachari
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 1 8 4 2 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 2 1 8 4 3 9
      Discovery and Development of Anti-Prostate Cancer Agents from Natural Products presents cutting-edge research advances in the field of bioactive natural products and natural drug formulations. This new volume in the Natural Products Drug Discovery series focuses on molecules of natural origin and their synthetic analogues that show promising potential to act as anti-prostate cancer and chemotherapeutic agents. Combining foundational background information on cancer mechanisms with details of medicinal structures from natural products, this volume compiles the latest developments from across interdisciplinary fields.It will serve as a valuable resource for researchers working to discover promising leads for the development of novel pharmaceuticals for prostate cancer, highlighting several key structures from natural products and exploring possible future developments in the area.

    • Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 145
      • February 14, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 1 6 6 0 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 1 6 6 1 6
      Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

    • Basic to Modern Strategies of Synthetic Organic Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • January 20, 2025
      • Hyun-Joon Ha
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 3 1 2 6 8
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 3 3 1 2 7 5
      Basic to Modern Strategies of Synthetic Organic Chemistry offers fresh perspectives and interests to professionals engaged in organic synthesis in various fields. The book starts with sections for review and understanding of reactions and proceeds with more in-depth knowledge in organic synthesis, including examples of total synthesis. Sections provide a systematic learning of organic reactions, with a focus on the relatively simple yet somewhat complex approach to compound synthesis. Furthermore, this reference will serve as a useful resource for graduate students to enhance their understanding and review of organic chemistry and synthesis.It includes examples of total synthesis that helps pursuing further studies. Additionally, the book provides an introduction to environmental and economic considerations in synthesis, which has become an important issue in recent years, especially for those working in fine chemicals and the pharmaceutical industry. The book also introduces flow chemistry, along with an overview of the processes and equipment used.

Related subjects

Bioorganic chemistry

Carbohydrate chemistry

Combinatorial chemistry

Heterocyclic chemistry

Medicinal chemistry

Natural products chemistry

Organic synthesis

Pharmaceutical chemistry

Physical organic chemistry

Phytochemistry

Stereochemistry

Terpenes and steroids