Frontiers in Natural Product Chemistry is a book series devoted to publishing monographs that highlight important advances in natural product chemistry. The series covers all aspects of research in the chemistry and biochemistry of naturally occurring compounds, including research on natural substances derived from plants, microbes and animals. Reviews of structure elucidation, biological activity, organic and experimental synthesis of natural products as well as developments of new methods are also included in the series.<br/> <br/>Volume seven of the series brings seven reviews covering these topics:<br/> <br/>- Plant-Derived Anticancer Compounds Used in Cancer Therapies<br/> <br/>- Pradimicin and Benanomicin Antibiotics<br/> <br/>- The Chemical Compositions of Bixa orellana and their Pharmacological Activities<br/> <br/>- Overview of Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Nilakanthi (Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex Benth.)<br/> <br/>- Tetracyclic benzocarbazoles and derivatives<br/> <br/>- Chalcones as Antiinflammatory, Antidiabetic, and Antidepressant Agents<br/> <br/>- Bioactive Steroids from Marine Organisms