1. Introduction.- 2. Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids, a Fascinating Class of Axially Chiral Biaryl Natural Products.- 3. Ancistrocladus, a Genus of Woody Lianas of the Monotypic Plant Family Ancistrocladaceae Widely Occurring in India, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia.- 4.The Indian Liana Ancistrocladus heyneanus and Ancistrocladus hamatus from Sri Lanka: Early Studies and More Recent Discoveries.- Full Absolute Stereostructures of Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids Directly from Crude Extracts: Characterization of New Metabolites from Ancistrocladus griffithii by the HPLC-MS/MS-NMR-ECD Triad.- 6. Ancistrobenomine A, the First Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloid with a Hydroxymethylene Function at C-3, and Related 5,1'-Coupled Compounds.- 7. Ancistrocladus cochinchinensis from Central Vietnam, a Distinct Ancistrocladus Taxon? - Metabolite Pattern und Phylogenetic Relationship to Ancistrocladus aff. tectorius from China.- 8.Widespread Throughout Southeast Asia: Ancistrocladus tectorius, a Rich Source of Unique, Structurally Most Diverse Mono- and Dimeric Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids.- 9. Tables of the Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids and Related Compounds Isolated from Asian Ancistrocladus Species.
