Overview
The continuing quest for new drugs and agrochemicals has seen researchers looking to the natural world for potential products. Plants and micro-organisms have long been investigated as sources of new lead compounds, but the scope of this book has been widened to include substances derived from marine organisms. Advances in genetic engineering, high throughput screening and structure elucidation have also opened up further avenues for exploration. Competitive pressure from the field of combinatorial chemistry has expedited new approaches to natural product analysis and stimulated debate on the industrial utilization of natural products. This text reviews and discusses aspects of modern natural products research. The central theme of many articles is the sustainable use of global biodiversity. Microbial, plant and marine products are presented as the sources of new drugs, including antifungal products, antibiotics, anticancer agents and animal health products. There is also coverage of the biosynthesis of polyketides and the chemical synthesis of natural products and their derivatives.
Full Product Details
Author: Ewan J T Chrystal ,
P J Wilson ,
Stephen K Wrigley (Hypha Discovery Ltd, UK) ,
Robert Thomas
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Imprint: Royal Society of Chemistry
Volume: v. 257
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 1.368kg
ISBN: 9780854048304
ISBN 10: 0854048308
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 25 September 2000
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
... provides a great deal of useful information that should interest researchers in both the pharmaceutical and agrochemical fields. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol 44, No 5, 2001 ... useful and worthwhile ... Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol 40, No 13, 2 July 2001 ... strongly recommended for academic and industrial libraries. Journal of Natural Products, 2001, 64, 1000 ... a very useful review ... Chemistry & Industry, No 20, 15 October 2001, p 664
"""... provides a great deal of useful information that should interest researchers in both the pharmaceutical and agrochemical fields."" * Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol 44, No 5, 2001 * ""... useful and worthwhile ..."" * Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol 40, No 13, 2 July 2001 * ""... strongly recommended for academic and industrial libraries."" * Journal of Natural Products, 2001, 64, 1000 * ""... a very useful review ..."" * Chemistry & Industry, No 20, 15 October 2001, p 664 *"
