Natural products in chemical biology / edited by Natanya Civjan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Civjan, Natanya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biochemistry.

Biological products.

Natural products.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Based on the award winning Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology, this book provides a general overview of the unique features of the small molecules referred to as ""natural products"", explores how this traditionally organic chemistry-based field was transformed by insights from genetics and biochemistry, and highlights some promising future directions. The book begins by introducing natural products from different origins, moves on to presenting and discussing biosynthesis of various classes of natural products, and then looks at natural products as models and the possibilities of u

Contents:

NATURAL PRODUCTSIN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY; CONTENTS; Preface; Contributors; PART I CHEMICAL DIVERSITY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS; 1 Plant Natural Products; 2 Marine Natural Products; 3 Microbial Natural Products; PART II BIOSYNTHESIS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS; 4 Nonribosomal Peptides; 5 Plant Terpenoids; 6 Polyketides in Fungi; 7 Modular Polyketide Synthases; 8 Polyketide Polyethers; 9 Alkaloids; 10 Cofactors; 11 Antibiotics; PART III NATURAL PRODUCTS IN MEDICINE; 12 Pharmaceuticals: Natural Products and Natural ProductModels; 13 Natural Products as Anticancer Agents

14 Plant-Derived Natural Products Research in Drug DiscoveryIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283943390

1283943395

9781118391822

1118391829

9781118391815

1118391810

OCLC:

795998927