Medicinal Natural Products: A Biosynthetic ApproachMedicinal Natural Products, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide providing information on all classes of natural products in medicine. It builds upon fundamental chemical principles and demonstrates a unique integration of plant, microbial and animal natural products in one volume. The text guides the reader through a wealth of diverse natural metabolites used in medicine with sources, production methods, use as drugs and modes of action all extensively covered. Taking a chemistry based approach it combines traditional pharmacognosy with medicinal chemistry. The structure is user-friendly and includes the acclaimed grey boxes on groups of products and detailed mechanistic explanations. * Adopts a novel biosynthetic theme rather than a traditional descriptive approach * Includes extensive further reading at the end of the chapter * Thoroughly revised and updated to incorporate comprehensive coverage of plant, microbial and animal products * Includes the latest developments in the field * New material on genetic manipulation of biosynthetic pathways and non-mevalonate pathway to terpanoids * User-friendly format including extensive use of chemical schemes with annotated mechanistic explanations |
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Contents
ABOUT THIS BOOK AND HOW TO USE | 1 |
THE BUILDING BLOCKS AND CONSTRUCTION | 7 |
Some Vitamins Associated with the Construction Mechanisms | 30 |
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| Title | Medicinal Natural Products: A Biosynthetic Approach |
| Author | Paul M. Dewick |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint, annotated |
| Publisher | Wiley, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0471496405, 9780471496403 |
| Length | 507 pages |
| Subjects | › › Health & Fitness / Herbal Medications Medical / Alternative & Complementary Medicine Medical / Mental Health Medical / Pharmacy Science / Life Sciences / Biochemistry |
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