Preface (G.A. Cordell).
1. Regulation of Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Plants (P.J.
Facchini).
2. Ergot Alkaloids – Biology and Molecular Biology (C.L. Schardl et
al.).
3. Chemical and Biological Aspects of Narcissus Alkaloids (J.
Bastida et al.).
4. Bisindole Alkaloids (Toh-Seok Kam, Yeun-Mun Choo).
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Professor Emeritus Geoffrey A. Cordell obtained his Ph.D. in
synthetic natural product chemistry at the University of Manchester
in 1970. After two years as a NATO postdoctoral fellow at the
Department of Chemistry, M.I.T., he joined the College of Pharmacy,
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). A Professor since 1980, he
served as a Department Head for 12 years and as Interim Dean of the
College of Pharmacy for almost three years, as well as holding
several other senior academic and research administrative positions
at the Department, College, and Campus levels. He was the
Co-founder of the US - Thai Consortium for Pharmacy Education,
which developed and trained faculty for six new schools of pharmacy
in Thailand. He retired from the University of Illinois in 2007.
Since 1983, he has served as President of Natural Products Inc., a
consulting company.
He is the author of about 600 research publications, book chapters,
comprehensive reviews and professional publications; is the author
of two books, with three more in progress; the editor of 37 books,
including 29 volumes in the series “The Alkaloids: Chemistry and
Biology; is Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of
Natural Medicines; and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of
26 international scientific journals. He is a former President of
the American Society of Pharmacognosy, and is also an Honorary
Member.
In 1981, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University
of Munich with Professor Hildebert Wagner. He is an elected Fellow
of the Royal Chemical Society, the Linnean Society of London, the
American Society of Pharmacognosy, and the American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists. In addition to assisting international
organizations and corporations in several countries around the
world to develop their research and academic programs, he is an
Honorary Professor at Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; and at
Amity University, Noida, India. He is also a Visiting Professor at
universities in Peru, Malaysia, and Brasil, and an International
Collaborative Partner of the UTAR Global Research Network in
Malaysia in the areas of biodiversity and cancer. In addition, he
is a member of the International Advisory Board of several natural
product research institutes. His interests include the chemistry
and biosynthesis of alkaloids, the sustainability and quality
control of medicinal agents, the remote detection of biologically
active natural products, and the use of vegetables as chemical
reagents.
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