ISSN 0265-0568 NPRRDF 2 1-1-1-54 (1985) Natural Product Reports A journal of current developments in bio-organic chemistry Volume 2 Indexes CONTENTS ... 111 Preliminary pages for Volume 2 1-1 Index of Authors Cited 1-31 Subject Index ISSN 0265-0568 Coden NPRRDF Natural Product Reports A journal of current developments in bio- organic chemistry Volume2 1985 The Royal Society of Chemistry London Natural Product Reports (ISSN 0265-0568) 0The Royal Society of Chemistry 1985 All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photographic recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publishers.Computer typeset by SB Datagraphics. Printed in Great Britain by Spottiswoode Ballantyne Printers Ltd ISSN 0265-0568 NPRRDF 2 1-580 1-1-1-54 (1985) Natural Product Reports A journal of current developments in bio-organic chemistry Volume 2 CONTENTS 1 Triterpenoids J. D. Connolly and R. A. Hill Reviewing the literature published between October 1982 and December 1983 19 The Biosynthesis of Porphyrins Chlorophylls and Vitamin BI2 F. J. Leeper Reviewing the Literature published between January 1978 and December 1983 49 Recent Progress in the Chemistry of Indole Alkaloids and Mould Metabolites Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 81 P-Phenylethylamines and the Isoquinoline Alkaloids K. W. Bentley Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 97 Sesquiterpenoid Synthesis J.S. Roberts Reviewing the literature published during 1983 147 Natural Sesquiterpenoids B. M. Fraga Reviewing the literature published during 1983 163 The Biosynthesis of Plant Alkaloids and Nitrogenous Microbial Metabolites Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 181 Pyrrolidine Piperidine and Pyridine Alkaloids A. R. Pinder Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 J. E. Saxton R. B. Herbert 189 Book Review Dictionary of Organic Compounds (Fifth Edition) First and Second Supplements ed. J. Buckingham Reviewed by J. R. Hanson 189 Book Review The Chemistry of Natural Products ed. R. H.Thomson Reviewed by R. B. Herbert 190 Book Review Phytochemical Methods -A Guide to Modern Techniques of Plant Analysis (2nd edition) by J. B. Harborne Reviewed by J. R. Hanson 191 Lignans and Neolignans D. A. Whiting Reviewing the literature published from 1976 to December 1983 213 Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids D. J. Robins Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 221 Tropane Alkaloids G. Fodor and R. Dharanipragada Revie wing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 227 Aporphinoid Alkaloids M. Sharnrna and H. Guinaudeau Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 avzd June 1984 235 Indolizidine and Quinolizidine Alkaloids M. F. Grundon Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS 1985 CONTENTS 245 Muscarine Imidazole and Peptide Alkaloids and Other Miscellaneous Alkaloids J.R. Lewis Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 249 Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids M. F. Grundon Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 253 Camphor A Chiral Starting Material in Natural Product Synthesis T. Money 291 Book Review Natural Products and Drug Development ed. P. Krogsgaard-Larsen S. B. Christensen and H. Kofod Reviewed by P. M. Dewick 293 Enzymology in Biosynthesis Mechanistic and Stereochemical Studies of P-Lactam Biosynthesis and the Shikimate Pathway J. A. Robinson and D. Gani Reviewing the literature published to December I984 321 The Biosynthesis of Polyketides T.J. Simpson Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 349 Carotenoids and Polyterpenoids G. Britton Reviewing the literature published between September 1982 and August 1984 389 Book Review Metabolites and Metabolism -A Commentary on Secondary Metabolism by E. Haslam Reviewed by D. A. Whiting 391 Erratum to Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids D. J. Robins (Vol. 2 No. 3 p. 213) 393 Quinoline Quinazoline and Acridone Alkaloids M. F. Grundon Reviewing the literature published between July 1983 and June 1984 401 Olefinic Microbial Metabolites excluding Macrocyclic Compounds R. C. F. Jones Reviewing the literature published during I982 and 1983 427 Phytoalexins C. J. W. Brooks and D. G. Watson Reviewing the literature published between January 1982 and July 1984 461 Steroids Reactions and Partial Synthesis J.Elks Reviewing the literature published during I983 495 The Biosynthesis of Shikimate Metabolites P. M. Dewick Reviewing the literature published during 1984 513 The Biosynthesis of C5-C20 Terpenoid Compounds D. V. Banthorpe and S. A. Branch Reviewing the literature published during I984 525 The Biosynthesis of Triterpenoids and Steroids D. M. Harrison Reviewing the literature published during 1979 1980 1981 1982 and 1983 561 The Biosynthesis of Porphyrins Chlorophylls and Vitamin BI2 F. J. Leeper Reviewing the literature published during 1984 I-1 Index of Authors Cited 1-31 Subject Index Natural Product Reports Editorial Board Professor G.Pattenden (Chairman) U n iversi ty of Notting h am Dr. D. V. Banthorpe University College London Professor M. F. Grundon University of Ulster at Coleraine Professor F. D. Gunstone University of St. Andrews Dr. J. R. Hanson University of Sussex Dr. R. B. Herbert University of Leeds Dr. T. J. Simpson U n iversity of Edinburgh Natural Product Reports is a journal of critical reviews published bimonthly which is intended to foster progress in the study of natural products by providing reviews of the literature that has been published during well-defined periods. For any individual topic successive reviews will deal with consecutive periods and while the coverage that was provided by the Specialist Periodical Reports on 'Aliphatic and Related Natural Product Chemistry' 'The Alkaloids' 'Biosynthesis' and 'Terpenoids and Steroids' will be continued this will be supplemented by occasional reviews of areas of both general and specific interest to workers in these and in other fields.All articles in Natural Product Reports are commissioned by members of the Editorial Board. This journal includes reviews of books relating to natural products. Volumes for review should be sent to the editorial office for which the address is The Royal Society of Chemistry Burlington House London W1V OBN and marked for the attention of Mr. B. J. Starkey. Contributors to Volume 2 Banthorpe D. V. 513 Bentley K. W. 81 Branch S. A. 513 Gani D. 293 Grundon M. F. 235 249 393 Guinaudeau H. 227 Pinder A. R. 181 Roberts J. S. 97 Robins D.J. 213 391 Britton G.,' 349 Brooks C. J. W. 427 Hanson J. R. 189 190 Harrison D. M. 525 Robinson J. A. 293 Saxton J. E. 49 Connolly J. D. 1 Dewick P. M. 291 495 Dharanipragada R. 221 Elks J. 461 Fodor G. 221 Fraga B. M. 147 Herbert R. B. 163 189 Hill R. A. 1 Jones R. C. F. 401 Leeper F. J. 19 561 Lewis J. R. 245 Money T. 253 Shamma M. 227 Simpson T. J. 321 Watson D. G. 427 Whiting D. A. 191 389