Biodiversity

New Leads for the Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries
2000. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-85404-830-4
Verlag: RSC Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

Reihe: Special Publications

The continuing quest for new drugs and agrochemicals has seen researchers looking to the natural world for potential products. Plants and microorganisms 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. Biodiversity: New Leads for the Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries 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. A unique blend of industrial and academic perspectives on the importance of biodiversity and natural products, this book will prove an important source of state-of-the-art information for researchers, teachers and graduates in the chemical and biological sciences.

Zielgruppe

Natural Prod. Chemists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chrystal, Ewan J T

Wrigley, Stephen K

Thomas, Robert

Nicholson, Neville

Hayes, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Chemische Industrie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Pharmaindustrie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Natural Products: History, Diversity and Discovery; Microbial Natural Products Discovery; Marine Natural Products; Plant Natural Products; Biosynthesis; Natural Products as Leads for Synthesis; Subject Index.