TY - BOOK AU - Firn,Richard TI - Nature's chemicals: the natural products that shaped our world SN - 9780199566839 (hbk.) U1 - - 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Natural products KW - Bioactive compounds N1 - 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 UR - http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566839.001.0001/acprof-9780199566839?rskey=hzloLl&result=55 UR - http://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566839.001.0001 ER -