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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anwer Basha , Viqar Uddin AhmadPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: 2007 ed. ISBN: 9780387343488ISBN 10: 0387343482 Pages: 4236 Publication Date: 05 April 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Book Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPreface.- List of Abbreviations.- List of Basic Skeletons.- The Cholestane Glycosides.- The Ergostane Glycosides.- The Stigmastane Glycoside.- The Pregnane Glycosides.- The Spirsotane Glycosides.- The Furastane Glycosides.- The Cardenolide Glycosides.- The Bufanolide Glycosides.- Miscellaneous Steroid Glycosides.- Compound Index.- Source Index.- Registry Number Index.- Molecular Formula Index.- Molecular Weight Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationProfessor Viqar Uddin Ahmad has been associated with the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry since its establishment in 1967. Prof. Viqar's currents interests are on isolation and structure elucidation of new natural products. Some of them have interesting biological activities. For example: VArious eudesmane sesquiterpenes which showed antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli, Klebsiella ozaenoe, K. pneumonieae, Proteus vulgaris, Shigella boddi, Staphylococcus aureus, S. pyogenes andB. anthracis; some triterpenoidal and steroidal saponins exhibited toxicity in Brine Shrimp Lethality bioassay and antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas pseudomaliae, Co-rynebactterium xerosis etc. One of the saponins isolated from a Trukish plant manifested hypotensive activity in anaesthetized rat. Prof. Viqar Uddin Ahmad availed a Fulbright Fellowship of nine months in 1993. during his stay at Cornell University, Itacha, USA. Prof. Viqar Uddin Ahmad worked on the twelve step total synthesis of and alkaloid isolated from an insect. Prof. Viqar also dilivered lecturers in the chemistry departments of Central Michighan University, Michighan, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, georgia, State University, Atlanta, Georgia and Cornell University, Ithaca. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |