ISSN 0265-0568 NPRRDF 1O(6) 541-632 (1 993) Natural Product Reports A journal of current developments in bio -organic chemistry Volume 10 Number 6 CONTENTS 541 HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors A. Endo and K. Hasumi Reviewing the'literature published up to October 1992 551 A Survey of Natural Products which Abstract Hydrogen Atoms from Nucleic Acids J. A. Murphy and J. Griffiths 565 The Strobilurins Oudemansins and Myxothiazols Fungicidal Derivatives of /I-Methoxyacrylic Acid J. M. Clough 575 The Biosynthesis of Plant Alkaloids and Nitrogenous Microbial Metabolites R. B. Herbert Reviewing the literature published between January and December 1991 593 Biosynthesis of Fatty Acid and Polyketide Metabolites D. O'Hagan Reviewing the literature published between mid-1991 and mid-1992 625 Cumulative Contents Volumes 1-10 NPR 10 Cumulative Contents of Volume 10 Number 1 1 Lignans Neolignans and Related Compounds (January 1989 to December 1991) R.S. Ward 29 Muscarine Oxazole Imidazole Thiazole and Peptide Alkaloids and Other Miscellaneous Alkaloids (July 1990 tu June 1991) J. R. Lewis 51 Indolizidine and Quinolizidine Alkaloids (July 1990 to June 1991) J. P. Michael 71 Microbial Pyran-2-ones and Dihydropyran-2-ones (up to December 1991) J. M. Dickinson Number 2 99 Quinoline Quinazoline and Acridone Alkaloids (July 1990 to June 1991) J. P. Michael 109 The Chemistry of Azadirachtin S. V. Ley A. A. Denholm and A. Wood 159 Diterpenoids (1991) J. R. Hanson 175 Chemical and Biochemical Manipulations of Nucleic Acids M.J. McPherson and J. H. Parish 199 Tropane Alkaloids (January and December 1991) G. Fodor and R.Dharanipragada Number 3 207 NMR of Proteins M. P. Williamson 233 The Biosynthesis of Shikimate Metabolites (1991) P. M. Dewick 265 Biological Variation of Microbial Metabolites by Precursor-directed Biosynthesis R. Thiericke and J. Rohr 291 Amaryllidaceae and Sceletium Alkaloids (1991) J. R. Lewis 301 Stevioside and Related Sweet Diterpenoid Glycosides (up to May 1992) J. R.Hanson and B. H. De Oliveira Number 4 31 1 Obituary David N. Kirk 1929-1992 313 Steroid Reactions and Partial Synthesis (1991) J. R. Hanson 327 Advances in Chemical Ecology (January 1988 to June 1992) J. B. Harborne 349 Recent Progress in the Chemistry of Indole Alkaloids and Mould Metabolites (July 1991 to June 1992) J.E. Saxton 397 Natural Sesquiterpenoids (1991) B. M. Fraga 421 Arsenic Compounds from Marine Organisms (up to October 1992) J. S. Edmonds K. A. Francesconi and R.V. Stick Number 5 429 Macrocyclic Trichothecenes (up to December 1991) J. F. Grove 449 P-Phenylethylamines and the Isoquinoline Alkaloids (July 1991 to June 1992) K. W. Bentley 471 Diterpenoid Alkaloids (December 1989 to January 1992) M. S. Yunusov 487 Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids (July 1991 to June 1992) D. J. Robins 497 Marine Natural Products (1991) D. J. Faulkner Articles that will appear in forthcoming issues include Pigments of Fungi (Macromycetes) (July 1986 to August 1992) M. Gill Plant Polyphenols E. Haslam Recent Advances in the use of Enzyme-catalysed Reactions in Organic Synthesis (July 1988 to December 1992) N.J. Turner Triterpenoids (January 1988 to December 1989) J. D. Connolly R. A. Hill and B. T. Ngadju Indolizidine and Quinolizidine Alkaloids (July 1991 to June 1992) J. P. Michael Novel Constituents of Uvaria Species (1968 to February 1993) V. S. Parmar et al. Quinaline Quinazoline and Acridone Alkaloids (July 1991 tu June 1992) J. P. Michael The Biosynthesis of Shikimate Metabolites (1992) P. M. Dewick The Fluorinated Natural Products D. B. Harper and D. O’Hagan Deoxynojirimycin Synthesis and Biological Activity (up tu December 1992) A. B. Hughes and A. J. Rudge Isoprenoid-substituted Phenolic Compounds of Moraceous Plants T. Nomura and Y. Hano Monoterpenoids (1990) D. H. Grayson Secondary Metabolism in Plant Tissue Culture Scope and Limitations (up to end of 1992) D. V. Banthorpe Mechanism of Action of Vitamin K P. Dowd. R.Hershline S. W. Ham and S. Naganathan Diterpenoids (1992) J. R. Hanson Amaryllidaceae and Sceletium Alkaloids (1992) J. R. Lewis Muscarine Oxazole Imidazole Thiazole and Peptide Alkaloids and Other Miscellaneous Alkaloids (July 1991 to June 1992) J. R. Lewis