The Calabar Bean and its Alkaloids From Magic, via Miracle, to Memory /

Investigations into Calabar beans (the dried ripe seeds of Physostigma venenosum) and their alkaloidal components compose a classical scientific journey throughout some one-and-a-half centuries and not only represent a fascinating aspect of the history of medicine but which is, moreover, still ongoi...

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Autor principal: Robinson, Brian (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edición:1st ed. 2023.
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1191-1
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chronology
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. l-Physostigmine (eserine)
  • 3. l-Physovenine
  • 4. l-Eseramine
  • 5. l-N(8)-Norphysostigmine
  • 6. l-Geneserine
  • 7. 1H-, 13C- and 15N-Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of the alkaloids of the Calabar bean
  • 8. Other alkaloids of, as yet, unknown structures that have been isolated, or allegedly so, from the Calabar bean
  • 9. Non-alkaloidal components of the Calabar bean
  • 10. Biological activities of the alkaloids of the Calabar bean
  • 11. Notes
  • 12. References
  • 13. Index.