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This book is based on general information about alkaloids, their applications, and the chemistry of some natural and synthetic alkaloids. The contents are divided into a total of nine chapters contributed by different subject experts. The first chapter describes introductory knowledge and pharmaceutical perspectives of alkaloids. The second chapter is based on chemical aspects and therapeutic uses of tropane alkaloids. Different uses of alkaloids in traditional medicine are described in the third chapter, which is based on scientific and historical evidence. The fourth chapter discusses alkaloids of the genus Solanum such as solamargine, solasonine, tomatidine and kukoamines. Catharanthus roseus, a well-known alkaloid-rich herb is covered in the fifth chapter with its key alkaloids like vinblastine and vincristine. The sixth chapter examines a bromopyrrole alkaloid namely stevensine which is naturally found in marine sponges. The seventh chapter focused on alkaloids derived from the Tinospora cordifolia, their structure and function and biosynthesis. Theophylline, a dimethylxanthine alkaloid with therapeutical properties is covered in the eighth chapter. In addition to their medicinal properties, Alkaloids as useful pesticides to protect plants is discussed in the ninth chapter with the main emphasis on their unique properties such as being safer for the environment as compared to synthetic pesticides.
Alkaloids: Introductory Knowledge and Pharmaceutical Perspectives
Tropane Alkaloids: Chemical Aspects and Recent Therapeutic Developments
The Use of Alkaloids in Traditional Medicine
Alkaloids from the Solanum Genus: An Overview
Catharanthus roseus L. (Apocynaceae): An Alkaloid-Rich Herb with Diverse Pharmacological Activities
Stevensine: A Bromopyrrole Alkaloid from Marine Sponges
Bioactive Alkaloids from Tinospora cordifolia
Theophylline: A Bioactive Dimethylxanthine Alkaloid
Alkaloids as Botanical Pesticides for Plants Protection