NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TERPENES RESEARCH

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TERPENES RESEARCH

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 PRODUCTION OF NATURAL FLAVOR COMPOUNDS USING MONOTERPENES AS SUBSTRATES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MONOTERPENE BIOSYNTHESIS

MONOTERPENES AS SUBSTRATES FOR BIOTRANSFORMATION PROCESSES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2 DITERPENES AS CANCER THERAPY

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

DITERPENES

CANCER AND DITERPENES

REFERENCES

Chapter 3 PHENOLIC DITERPENES FROM ROSEMARY AS ENHANCEMENT AGENTS OF USUAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER THERAPY

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

ROSEMARY PLANT

EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO THE PRODUCTION OF ROSEMARY EXTRACTS

PRESSURIZED LIQUID EXTRACTION (PLE)

ULTRASOUND ASSISTED EXTRACTION (UAE)

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION (SFE)

SUPERCRITICAL FRACTIONATION OF ROSEMARY EXTRACTS

ISOLATION OF PHENOLIC DITERPENES BY SUPERCRITICAL FLUID CHROMATOGRAPHY

BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES OF ROSEMARY DITERPENES: IMPLICATIONS IN CANCER THERAPY

ANTIOXIDANT VS. ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY OF SUPERCRITICAL ROSEMARY EXTRACTS

PHENOLIC DITERPENES FROM ROSEMARY AS ENHANCERS OF CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS

MOLECULAR TARGETS OF PHENOLIC DITERPENES FROM ROSEMARY EXTRACTS

PRESENT LIMITS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE POTENTIAL USE OF PHENOLIC DITERPENES OF ROSEMARY EXTRACTS IN ANTICANCER THERAPY

REFERENCES

CV OF CHAPTER AUTHORS

Chapter 4 THE POSSIBLE USE OF TERPENE COMPOUNDS IN DC IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST CANCER

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 5 ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITIONS AND IN VITROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF THREE SZYZGIUMSPECIES FROM NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

CV OF CHAPTER AUTHORS

Chapter 6 FROM TERPENOIDS TO AMINES: A CRITICAL REVIEW

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

REFERENCES

Chapter 7 ILLUDANE-TYPE SESQUITERPENES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMOTHERAPY

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

REACTION OF ILLUDANE COMPOUNDS TOWARDS BIOMOLECULES

PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF ILLUDANES -THE ACYLFULVENES

PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF ILLUDALANES: THE PTEROSINS

TOXICITY OF BRACKEN ILLUDANES TOWARDS MAN AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 8 PALLADIUM-CATALYSED MONOTERPENES OXIDATION: ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN SYNTHESIS OF VALUABLE OXIGENATE DERIVATIVES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

PALLADIUM-CATALYSED OXIDATION PROCESSES

MOLECULAR OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE

PALLADIUM-CATALYSED Β-PINENE OXIDATION BY HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN CH3CN

PALLADIUM-CATALYSED 3-CARENE OXIDATION BY HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN CH3CN

PD(OAC)2/ FE(NO3)3 CATALYSED CAMPHENE OXIDATION BY DIOXYGEN IN HOAC

REFERENCES

CV OF MAJOR CHAPTER AUTHORS

Chapter 9 THEORETICAL PROPERTIES OF TERPENES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES

ABSTRACT

ESSENTIAL OILS, TERPENES AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES

MOLECULAR MODELING: CALCULATION OF TERPENESTHEORETICAL PROPERTIES

CHEMICAL REACTIVITY PARAMETERS

CHEMICAL REACTIVITY STUDIES OF TERPENES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES

QSAR AS A TOOL FOR THE PREDICTION OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 10 CONFIGURATIONAL AND CONFORMATION ALANALYSES BY THEORETICAL METHODS OF PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES ISOLATED FROM MYRICARIA ELEGANS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 11 APPLICATIONS AND ADVANCES IN THE EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS OF MONOTERPENES AND SESQUITERPENES IN PLANTS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

TRADITIONAL METHODS

RECENT METHODS

ANALYSIS METHODS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

REFERENCES

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