The American Society of Pharmacognosy

Journal of Natural Products Book Reviews

One of the challenges a book review editor faces is identifying capable and interested referees for certain books. The Journal of Natural Products seeks to review books encompassing a broad range of topics directly related to natural products or potentially impacting the field of natural products. It is relatively easy to identify appropriate reviewers for most books in the mainstream of natural products—isolation, identification, chemistry, and biological activity. However, as books move out from that mainstream area or become very specialized, it is less intuitively obvious to the current book review editor whom to recruit for such reviews.

So, this page is added to the ASP website in the hope that volunteers may rush forward or at least tentatively indicate their potential interest and willingness to review books listed here, those books that the book review editor has had difficulty ‘placing’ for review. Books available for review will be listed here. The book review editor will happily accept volunteers who are interested and willing to review one of the listed books. The editor will also be glad to receive suggestions from browsing members who know an expert appropriate for one of the books listed. A good review of a book related to natural products is a service both to the American Society of Pharmacognosy and to all the readers of the Journal of Natural Products.

The List:

Sequence-Specific DNA Binding Agents, ed by M Waring, RSC Publishing, ~250 pp

Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions in Infectious Diseases, ed by CA Bewley, RSC Publishing, ~250 pp

Pharmacy Practice in an Aging Society, JY Wick, Pharmaceutical Products Press (Haworth), ~190 pp.

Pharmacy Law, a Desk Reference, ed by DD Konnor, The Haworth Press, 2007, ~550 pp

Medicinal Plant Biotechnology, ed by O Kayser and L Quax, Wiley-VCH, 2 volumes, ~570 pp

The Chemistry of Fragrances, from Perfumer to Consumer, 2nd Ed, ed by CS Sell, Royal Society of Chemistry, ~320 pp

Chemistry and Medicines, an Introductory Text, by JR Hanson, Royal Society of Chemistry, ~155 pp

To review any of the books listed, contact John Cardellina, JNP Book Review Editor