Nature's chemicals [online resource] : the natural products that shaped our world / Richard Firn.
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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: ix, 250 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780199566839 (hbk.)
- 0199566836 (hbk.)
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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.
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