RECENT ADVANCES IN PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Volume 29
Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants

Edited by

John T. Arnason
Université d'Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Rachel Mata
Univ. Nac. Autónoma de México
Coyoacán, México
John T. Romeo
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK AND LONDON
CONTENTS

Immunostimulants and Adaptogens from Plants
Hildebert K. M. Wagner

Natural Product Cancer Chemopreventive Agents
John M. Pezzuto

Antiviral and Antitumor Plant Metabolites
John A. Beutler, John H, Cardellina II, James B. McMahon, Robert H. Shoemaker, and Michael R. Boyd

Biological Diversity of Medicinal Plants in Mexico
Robert Bye, Edelmira Linares, and Eric Estrada

Bioactive Natural Products from Traditionally Used Mexican Plants
Rogelio Pereda-Miranda

Bioassay-Guided Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Pharmacologically Active Plant Substances
A. J. Vlietinck, L. A. C. Pieters, and D. A. Vander Berghe

Biologically Active Compounds from Chilean Medicinal Plants
Hermann M. Niemeyer

Phytochemicals Ingested in Traditional Diets and Medicines as Modulators of Energy Metabolism
Timothy Johns and Laurie Chapman

Applications of Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry to the Investigation of Medicinal Plants
Jean-Luc Wolfender and Kurt Hostettmann

Root Culture as a Source of Secondary Metabolites of Economic Importance
Victor M. Loyola-Vargas and Maria de Lourdes Miranda-Ham

Annonaceous Acetogenins: Potent Mitochondrial Inhibitors with Diverse Applications
Zhe-Ming Gu, Geng-Xian Zhao, Nicholas H. Oberlies, Lu Zeng, and Jerry L. McLaughlin

Neo-Clerodane Diterpenoids from American Salvia Species
Lydia Rodriguez-Hahn, Baldomero Esquivel, and Jorge Cárdenas

Sesquiterpene Lactones Revisited: Recent Developments in the Assessment of Biological Activities and Structure Relationships
Robin J. Maries, Liliana Pazos-Sanou, Cesar M. Compadre, John M. Pezzuto, Elzbieta Bloszyk, and J. Thor Arnason



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