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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul M Dewick |
ISBN: | 9780470741689 0470741686 9780470741672 0470741678 |
OCLC Number: | 259265604 |
Description: | x, 539 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Secondary metabolism: the building blocks and construction mechanisms -- The acetate pathway: fatty acids and polyketides -- The shikimate pathway: aromatic amino acids and phenylpropanoids -- The mevalonate and methylerythritol phosphate pathways: terpenoids and steroids -- Alkaloids -- Peptides, proteins and other amino acid derivatives -- Carbohydrates. |
Responsibility: | Paul M Dewick, formerly, University of Nottingham, UK. |
Abstract:
Medicinal Natural Products: A Biosynthetic Approach, Third Edition , provides a comprehensive and balanced introduction to natural products from a biosynthetic perspective, focussing on the metabolic sequences leading to various classes of natural products.
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"Students should be empowered for a deductive analysis of the presented substances." (Arzneimittelforschung, December 2009) "This new edition is an excellent text that is unrivaled in both its scope and overall coverage of natural products biosynthesis." (Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, August 2009) "There is no question that this is the best book available on the biosynthesis and bio-organic chemistry of medicinally important natural products." (Education in Chemistry, September 2009) Read more...
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