本卷由四章组成，涵盖了各种天然化合物的结构多样性。第一章深入研究了邻苯三酚及其氧化产物羟基邻醌的化学，包括它们在几种真菌代谢产物化学合成中的环加成反应中的作用。第2章深入描述了香水行业使用的琼脂精油和烟雾样品的成分，重点介绍了迄今为止已知的倍半萜和色酮成分。第3章讨论了两种北美蝾螈的防御化学生态，它们都产生河豚毒素，这是一种众所周知的神经毒素，通过扰乱神经和肌肉中的电信号，导致后生动物瘫痪和死亡。第4章讨论了楝科植物Walsura属的柠檬苦素和三萜类，其中一些物种在东南亚国家的民间医学系统中得到了利用。
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This volume consists of four chapters that cover a structurally diverse range of naturally occurring compounds. Chapter 1 delves into the chemistry of pyrogallols and their oxidized products, the hydroxy-o-quinones, including their role in cycloaddition reactions in the chemical synthesis of several fungal metabolites. Chapter 2 provides an in-depth description of the constituents of agarwood essential oil and smoke samples that are used in the perfumery industry, with an emphasis on the sesquiterpenoid and chromones constituents so far known. Chapter 3 discusses the defensive chemical ecology of two North American newt species that both produce tetrodotoxin, a well-known neurotoxin that causes paralysis and death in metazoans by disrupting electrical signals in the nerves and muscles. Chapter 4 discusses the limonoids and triterpenoids from the genus Walsura of the plant family Meliaceae, of which a number of species are utilized in several southeastern Asian countries in systems of folk medicine.
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