Hardbound. The plant kingdom presents a huge reservoir of a wide array of natural products which show significant structural diversity. They therefore present an extremely important source of organic compounds which can provide mankind with exciting new pharmacophores. The current volume of Studies in Natural Products Chemistry represents a departure from the earlier volumes which were focused on structure and synthetic aspects of natural products chemistry. From Volume 21 onwards this series of books will be dedicated to bioactive natural products and it will comprise state-of-the-art review.