The Alkaloids
Chemistry and Biology
- 1st Edition, Volume 91 - May 24, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Hans-Joachim Knolker
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 5 4 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 5 5 - 3
The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology, Volume 91, the newest release in a series that has covered the topic for more than 60 years, discusses key aspects of alkaloid chemis… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology, Volume 91, the newest release in a series that has covered the topic for more than 60 years, discusses key aspects of alkaloid chemistry, biology and pharmacology. Sections in this release include chapters on Recent Progress in the Chemistry of Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids.
- Provides the latest information on the study of alkaloids
- Covers alkaloid chemistry, biology, pharmacology, and medical applications
- Contains more than 80 published volumes in this interesting field of study
Chemists, biologists and biochemists working in research institutions as well as in industry
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One Structural variety and pharmacological potential of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Dioncophyllaceae and Ancistrocladaceae: Woody lianas from tropical Africa and Asia
- 3 Structural diversity and classification of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids
- 4 Isolation of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids and assignment of their full absolute stereostructures
- 5 Ancistrocladus abbreviatus from Coastal West Africa, a rich source of structurally diverse naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids
- 6 Ancistrocladus abbreviatus, a creative producer of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids with unusual molecular scaffolds
- 7 Unprecedented biosynthesis of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids—A novel acetate-polymalonate pathway to isoquinoline alkaloids in plants
- 8 Chemo-ecological interactions and localization of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids in intact plants
- 9 Summary and outlook
- 10 Tables of the naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids and related compounds isolated from the West African liana Ancistrocladus abbreviatus
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Cumulative Index of Titles
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 91
- Published: May 24, 2024
- No. of pages (Hardback): 444
- No. of pages (eBook): 352
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443295546
- eBook ISBN: 9780443295553
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Hans-Joachim Knolker
10.1978 - 02.1983 Chemistry studies at the Universities of Göttingen and Hannover; diploma thesis on “Regioselective Transformations of Bicyclo[3.3.0]octanes” in the research group of Prof. Dr. E. Winterfeldt, University of Hannover
03.1983 - 05.1985 Ph.D. thesis on "Stereoselective Cyclopentanone Annulations" with Prof. E. Winterfeldt at the University of Hannover
12.1985 - 12.1986 Postdoctoral studies with Prof. K. P. C. Vollhardt at the Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA, working on "Cobalt-Mediated [2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Imidazoles"
01.1987 - 02.1990 Habilitation at the University of Hannover on "Transition Metal-Mediated Syntheses of Heterocycles"
03.1990 ADUC award 1989 of the German Chemical Society
07.1990 Lecturer award of the Fund of German Chemical Industry
01.1991 Gerhard-Hess award of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
02.1991 Offer of a professorship for Organic Chemistry at the University of Münster
02.1991 Offer of a chair for Organic Chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe
04.1991 Offer of a professorship for Organic Chemistry at the University of Bonn
05.1991 Offer of a chair for Organic Chemistry at the University of Marburg
08.1991 - 11.2001 Full professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe
10.1995 - 09.1997 Chairman of the Chemistry Department at the University of Karlsruhe
10. - 11.1998 Visiting professor at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, as fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
01.2000 Visiting professor in India on invitation of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
11.2000 Offer of a chair of Organic Chemistry at the Technical University of Dresden
02.2001 Offer of the Regius Chair of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow
07.2001 Offer of a chair in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at the University of Oslo
since 12.2001 Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Technical University of Dresden
03.2006 Election as an Ordinary Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences
12.2006 Admission as “Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)”
10. - 11.2007 Visiting professor at Kyushu University, Japan, as fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
01.2008 - 12.2011 Member of the presidium of the Saxon Academy of Sciences
since 01.2011 Editor-in-Chief of “The Alkaloids” (Academic Press, London)
Research Publications: more than 230 scientific articles, reviews and patents
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Dresden, GermanyRead The Alkaloids on ScienceDirect