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Natural Products: The Secondary Metabolites

"Natural products are compounds that are produced by living systems and the secondary metabolites are those which give particular species their characteristic features. These natural products include polyketides, terpenoids, phenylpropanoids, alkaloids and antibiotics. The study of these nat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: James R. Hanson
Formato: Printed Book
Publicado: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 2003
Series:Tutorial chemistry texts, 17.
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Table of Contents:
  • The classes of natural product and their isolation
  • The characterization and determination of the carbon skeleton of a natural product
  • The location of the functional groups and the molecular stereochemistry
  • Some examples of structure elucidation
  • The biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.