Ninomiya I.: Syntheses of the benzocphenanthridine alkaloids - Recent developments in the chemistry of natural carbon compounds 10. (Budapest, 1984)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL CARBON COMPOUNDS Vol. 10 Edited by R. Bognár and Cs. Szántay Two interesting groups of biologically active natural products are discussed in the present volume. /. Ninomiya and T. Nailo give a survey of recent results in the research of benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids. Synthetic methods, grouped in a well arranged system, constitute the main part, followed by descriptions of the syntheses of prominent representatives of the group, such as nitidine, a compound with antitumour activity. Authenticity of the report on vancomycin antibiotics by F. Sztaricskai and R. Bognár is guaranteed by the authors’ own achievements in the pertaining research. The isolation, activity, details of structural studies and syntheses of these glycopeptide antibiotics are surveyed and their uses (medical, agricultural or diagnostic) mentioned. The volume is of primary interest to researchers, organic and pharmaceutical chemists, biochemists and pharmacologists. AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ BUDAPEST