Vladimir A. Khripach, Vladimir N. Zhabinskii & Aede E. de Groot

Brassinosteroids, a new class of plant hormones

Academic Press, 1999

ISBN 0-12-406360-8

Contents:

1. Introduction	1-5
2. Brassinosteroids(BS) in nature	7-23
3. Isolation and identification	25-31
4. Spectral properties	33-53
5. Biosynthesis and metabolism	55-72
6. Basic synthetic methods and formal syntheses	73-135
7. Syntheses of natural BS	137-184
8. Syntheses of BS analogs	185-218
9. Physiological mode of action of BS	219-299
10. Bioassays and structure-activity relationships of BS	301-324
11. Practical applications and toxicology	325-345
Appendix. Structures, occurrence and spectral characteristics of natural BS	347-371
References	373-444