Oligopeptides from Higher Plants

In this chapter, cyclic peptide alkaloids are discussed in Section II and cyclic oligopeptides from higher plants are discussed in Section III. 

We reviewed many of the compounds having antineoplastic activity isolated from higher plants in Heterocycles in 1993 (5). This chapter also describes the antitumor and cytotoxic cyclic oligopeptides of the higher plants selected from the screening tests just named. 

In this chapter we describe cyclopeptide alkaloids, spermine and spermidine alkaloids, long-chain acid amides, and the cyclic oligopeptides isolated from higher plants since 1985. 

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