Natural Products
The Secondary Metabolites
$75.02
- Paperback
154 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2003
Summary
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 natural products has played a major part in the development of organic and medicinal chemistry and we are now starting to understand the important ecological role that these compounds have. The aim of this pub…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780854044900 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0854044906 |
| Author: | James R. Hanson |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Imprint: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 154 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2003 |
| Weight: | 289g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 189mm x 8mm |
| Series: | Tutorial Chemistry Texts |
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Critics Review
”… This tutorial text is highly recommended for all chemists. “
A useful introduction to natural products and will make a good undergraduate tutorial text.
* Education in Chemistry, November 2004 issue (John Mann) *”… This tutorial text is highly recommended for all chemists. “
* Chemistry in Australia, April 2004, p 30 *About The Author
James R. Hanson
Professor Hanson is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sussex.
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