Nature's chemicals : the natural products that shaped our world / Richard Firn.
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TextSeries: Oxford biologyPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: ix, 250 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780199566839 (hbk.)
- 0199566836 (hbk.)
- 547.7 22
- QK99.A1 F565 2010
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| QD261.H37_1999 Experimental organic chemistry. | QD262.S46_2000 Solid phase synthesis and combinatorial technologies / | QD-101-.H55-2010 Quantitative Chemical Analysis | QK99.A1_2010 Nature's chemicals : the natural products that shaped our world / | BP75.S489_1984 Sirat-un-Nabi s.a.w : سیرۃ النبی ﷺ Vol 1-2 | BP75.S489_1984 Sirat-un-Nabi s.a.w : سیرۃ النبی ﷺ Vol 3-4 | BP75.S489_1984 Sirat-un-Nabi s.a.w : سیرۃ النبی ﷺ Vol 5 - 7 |
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.