Front Cover; The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Pharmacology; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Ipecac Alkaloids and ß-Carboline Congeners; I. Introduction; II. Occurrence; III. Chemistry and Synthesis; IV. Related Compounds; V. Analytical Methods; VI. Biosynthesis; VII. Biological Activity; Addendum; References; Chapter 2. Elucidation of Structural Formula, Configuration, and Conformation of Alkaloids by X-Ray Diffraction; I. Introduction; II. X-Ray Diffraction of Single Crystals; III. Alkaloids from Neotropical Poison Frogs

IV. Weberine and Polymethoxylated AnalogsV. Morphine, Agonists, and Antagonists; VI. Selected Bisindole and Bisditerpene Alkaloids; VII. Veratridine, A Sodium Channel Neurotoxin; VIII. Summary; References; Chapter 3. Putrescine, Spermidine, Spermine, and Related Polyamine Alkaloids; I. Introduction; II. Occurrence of Natural Diamines and Polyamines; III. Structure Elucidation and Synthesis of Polyamine Alkaloids; IV. Aspects of Biosynthesis and Chemotaxonomy of Polyamine Alkaloids; V. Catalog of Naturally Occurring Diamine and Polyamine Alkaloids; References

Chapter 4. Application of Enamide Cyclizations in Alkaloid SynthesisI. Introduction; II. Photocyclization of Enamides; III. Thermal Cyclization of Enamides; IV. Alkaloid Syntheses by the Application of Enamide Cyclization; V. Alkaloid Syntheses: Cyclization of Related Systems; References; Chapter 5. The lmidazole Alkaloids; I. Introduction; II. Bases Related to Histidine; III. Pilocarpine: A Jaborandi Alkaloid; IV. Alkaloids Related to Pilocarpine; V. Other Imidazole Alkaloids; References; Index