Nature's chemicals
Firn, Richard.
Nature's chemicals the natural products that shaped our world / [online resource] : Richard Firn. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - ix, 250 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Oxford scholarship online biology
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-237) and index.
What are natural products? -- The importance of NPs in human affairs -- The main classes of NPs--only a few pathways lead to the majority of NPs -- Are NPs different from synthetic chemicals? -- Why do organisms make NPs? -- NPs, chemicals and the environment -- Natural products and the pharmaceutical industry -- The chemical interactions between organisms -- The evolution of metabolism -- The genetic modification of NP pathways--possible opportunities and possible pitfalls.
9780199566839 (hbk.) 0199566836 (hbk.)
Natural products.
Bioactive compounds.
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Nature's chemicals the natural products that shaped our world / [online resource] : Richard Firn. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - ix, 250 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Oxford scholarship online biology
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-237) and index.
What are natural products? -- The importance of NPs in human affairs -- The main classes of NPs--only a few pathways lead to the majority of NPs -- Are NPs different from synthetic chemicals? -- Why do organisms make NPs? -- NPs, chemicals and the environment -- Natural products and the pharmaceutical industry -- The chemical interactions between organisms -- The evolution of metabolism -- The genetic modification of NP pathways--possible opportunities and possible pitfalls.
9780199566839 (hbk.) 0199566836 (hbk.)
Natural products.
Bioactive compounds.
/ -