Front Cover; The Alkaloids Chemistry and Biology; The Alkaloids Chemistry and Biology; Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; One -- Acridone Alkaloids; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BIOSYNTHESIS; 3. OCCURRENCE AND CHARACTERIZATION; 3.1 Simple Acridone Alkaloids; 3.2 C-Prenyl Acridone Alkaloids; 3.3 Furoacridone Alkaloids; 3.4 Pyranoacridone Alkaloids; 3.5 Dimeric Acridone Alkaloids and Related Compounds; 3.6 Miscellaneous Alkaloids; 4. SYNTHESIS; 4.1 Simple Acridone Alkaloids; 4.1.1 Methods Involving the Cyclization of Diarylamine Intermediates

4.1.2 Methods Involving the Cyclization of Benzophenone Intermediates4.1.3 Other Methods; 4.2 C-Prenyl Acridone Alkaloids; 4.3 Furoacridone Alkaloids; 4.4 Pyranoacridone Alkaloids; 4.5 Azacridone-A; 4.6 Acrimarines; 5. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; 5.1 Cytotoxicity and Anticancer Activity; 5.2 Antimicrobial Activity; 5.3 Antiparasitic Activity; 5.4 Enzyme Inhibition; 5.5 Other Biological Effects; 5.6 Biologically Active Synthetic Analogs of Acridone Alkaloids; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Two -- Galbulimima Alkaloids; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ISOLATION AND CLASSIFICATION; 3. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

4. BIOSYNTHESIS5. SYNTHESIS OF GALBULIMIMA ALKALOIDS; 5.1 Synthesis of Class I Galbulimima Alkaloids; 5.2 Synthesis of Class II Galbulimima Alkaloids; 5.3 Synthesis of Class III Galbulimima Alkaloids; 5.4 Synthesis of Class IV Galbulimima Alkaloids (Miscellaneous Alkaloids); 6. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Three -- Total Synthesis of Lundurine and Related Alkaloids: Synthetic Approaches and Strategies; 1. BACKGROUND; 2. SYNTHETIC APPROACHES; 2.1 Basic Strategies; 2.2 Synthesis of Azocine-Fused Indoles and Indolines; 2.3 Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclopropa[b]indole Core

3. TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF LUNDURINES A AND B BY NISHIDA4-63.1 First Synthesis of Lundurine B4; 3.1.1 Retrosynthetic Analysis of Lundurine B; 3.1.2 Model Study30; 3.1.3 Total Synthesis of (±)-Lundurine B4; 3.1.4 Unexpected Reactions Observed During Model Studies and Total Synthesis30; 3.2 Concise Synthesis of (±)-Lundurines A and B5; 3.3 Synthesis of (−)-Lundurine B6; 4. SYNTHESIS OF (−)-LUNDURINE A BY QIN9,10; 5. SYNTHESIS OF (−)-LUNDURINES A-C BY ECHAVARREN11; 6. SYNTHESIS OF OTHER RELATED ALKALOIDS: (+)-LAPIDILECTINE B AND (+)-GRANDILODINE C54; 7. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

Four -- Cephalotaxus Alkaloids1. INTRODUCTION; 2. NATURAL OCCURRENCE, ISOLATION, AND STRUCTURAL ASSIGNMENT; 2.1 Cephalotaxine and Related Alkaloids; 2.2 Natural Cephalotaxus Esters; 2.3 Other Alkaloids; 2.4 Production and Purification Studies; 3. SYNTHESIS OF THE ALKALOID CORE; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 Racemic Syntheses; 3.2.1 C4-C13 Ring Closure a; 3.2.1.1 Tietze's Formal Synthesis (1997); 3.2.1.2 Suga and Yoshida's Formal Synthesis (2002, 2006); 3.2.1.3 Stoltz's Formal Synthesis (2007); 3.2.1.4 Huang's Formal Synthesis (2013); 3.2.1.5 Huang and Wang's Formal Synthesis (2015)