Comprehensive Natural Products II: Chemistry and Biology 10 Volume Set

# Reviews the accumulated efforts of chemical and biological research to understand living organisms and their distinctive effects on health and medicine

# Stimulates new ideas among the established natural products research community-which includes chemists, biochemists, biologists, botanists, and pharmacologists

# Informs and inspires students and newcomers to the field with accessible content in a range of delivery formats


Description

This work presents a definitive interpretation of the current status of and future trends in natural products-a dynamic field at the intersection of chemistry and biology concerned with isolation, identification, structure elucidation, and chemical characteristics of naturally occurring compounds such as pheromones, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, and enzymes. With more than 1,800 color figures, Comprehensive Natural Products II features 100% new material and complements rather than replaces the original work (©1999).

Readership

For chemists, biologists and pharmaceutical scientists researching naturally occurring compounds and their applications in health and medicine.
Contents

Natural Products Structural Diversity-I Secondary Metabolites: Organization and Biosynthesis - fatty acids, polyketide synthases (PKS), terpenes
Natural Products Structural Diversity-II Secondary Metabolites: Sources, Structures and Chemical Biology
- marine, microorganism, bacteria
Development & Modification of Bioactivity - developing drugs from natural products; chemistry of key natural products (tea, cannabis etc)
Chemical Ecology - hormones, pheromones, chemical defence and toxins, antifeedants, allelochemicals
Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins - natural, unnatural, sources and uses
Carbohydrates, Nucleosides & Nucleic Acids - vaccines, synthesis, enzymatic and biosynthesis of carbohydrate molecules
Cofactors -vitamins and co-factors, co-enzymes, thiamine, pyridoxal phosphate,
Enzymes and Enzyme Mechanisms - evolution, mechanism and studies;
Modern Methods for the Investigation of Natural Products - analytical techniques to investigate structures and methods used by natural product scientists.
Index