Substantial advances in the realm of isoquinoline alkaloids have occurred since The Isoquinoline Alkaloids, Chemistry and Pharmacology, was published in 1972. The present volume represents an effort to describe important developments since that time. The organization of the present book is essentially the same as in The Isoquinoline Alkaloids. Each chapter begins with a discussion of structural elucidation and synthesis, a description of typical reactions then follows, and the chapter ends with coverage of biogenesis, pharmacology, and spectroscopy. New chapters have had to be added to...