"A very well developed text … .The book would be of interest to graduate students and specifically to researchers in pharmacognosy and medicinal chemistry. I highly recommend this text." (Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, February 2008)

"…the book fulfills its titled objectives and is a useful collection of reviews." (Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 27, 2008)

"This book uses the interplay between the chemistry and biology of alkoids…to weave an excellent picture of the current state-of-the-art in this field." (Chemistry & Industry, May 2008)

"I recommend Modern Alkaloids warmly to everybody who is interested in natural product chemistry." (Angewandte Chemie, 2008-47/15)

"An interesting book which achieves its purpose of surveying representative examples of the broad and healthy area of current active alkaloid research" (Chemistry World, May 2008)