Seshadri, T. R.: Naturally occuring anhydro-colour bases - Recent developments in the chemistry of natural carbon compounds 7. (Budapest, 1976)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL CARBON COMPOUNDS Volume 7 This seventh volume of the series is concerned with various groups of natural compounds, inviting the interest of chemists working in widely different fields of organic chemistry. Naturally occurring anhydro colour bases, from their history up to modern structure determinations, are described by T. R. Seshadri (Delhi). Up-to-date methods of structure elucidation of flavonoid and anthraquinoid compounds are also presented in the paper of K. Venkataraman (Poona, India). Actual problems of enzyme chemistry are illustrated by E. S. Severin and N. N. Gulyaev (Moscow) in their comprehensive review on the chemical topography of the active site of aminotransferase. K. Weinges and B. Stemmle (Heidelberg) give a survey of most recent approaches to the asymmetric syntheses of a-amino acids. Adrenocorticotropic and melanotropic hormones are the subject of the part written by K. Medzihradszky (Budapest) reviewing in great detail the structure, chemistry, synthesis and biological effects of these hormones. AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest