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Book SynopsisThe 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, anticance
Trade Review"... 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 *
Table of ContentsNatural Products: History, Diversity and Discovery; Microbial Natural Products Discovery; Marine Natural Products; Plant Natural Products; Biosynthesis; Natural Products as Leads for Synthesis; Subject Index.
