Biodiversity: New Leads for the Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries (Special Publications) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0854048308 ISBN 13: 9780854048304

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

"... useful and worthwhile ..." (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol 40, No 13, 2 July 2001)

"... 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)

"... a very useful review ..." (Chemistry & Industry, No 20, 15 October 2001, p 664)

"... strongly recommended for academic and industrial libraries." (Journal of Natural Products, 2001, 64, 1000)

About this edition

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0854048308
• ISBN 13: 9780854048304
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Chrystal Ewan J T, Wrigley Stephen K, Thomas Robert, Nicholson Neville, Hayes Martin