Biodiversity: New Leads for the Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries (Special Publications)

Proceedings of the International Meeting Biodiversity: A Source of New Leads for the Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries, held September 5-8, 1999 at the University of St. Andrews, UK. Reviews and discusses aspects of modern natural products research for the agricultural and pharmaceutical industry. This product is not available separately, it is only sold as part of a set. There are 750 products in the set and these are all sold as one entity. The continuing quest for new drugs and agrochemicals has seen researchers looking to the natural world for potential products. Plants and microorganisms have long been investigated as sources of new lead compounds, but the scope of this book has been widened to include substances derived from marine organisms. Advances in genetic engineering, high throughput screening and structure elucidation have also opened up further avenues for exploration. Competitive pressure from the field of combinatorial chemistry has expedited new approaches to natural product analysis and stimulated debate on the industrial utilization of natural products. Biodiversity: New Leads for the Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries reviews and discusses aspects of modern natural products research. The central theme of many articles is the sustainable use of global biodiversity. Microbial, plant and marine products are presented as the sources of new drugs, including antifungal products, antibiotics, anticancer agents and animal health products. There is also coverage of the biosynthesis of polyketides and the chemical synthesis of natural products and their derivatives. A unique blend of industrial and academic perspectives on the importance of biodiversity and natural products, this book will prove an important source of state-of-the-art information for researchers, teachers and graduates in the chemical and biological sciences "The continuing quest for new drugs and agrochemicals has seen researchers looking to the natural world for potential products. Plants and microorganisms have long been investigated as sources of new lead compounds, but the scope of this book has been widened to include substances derived from marine organisms. Advances in genetic engineering, high throughput screening and structure elucidation have also opened up further avenues for exploration. Competitive pressure from the field of combinatorial chemistry has expedited new approaches to natural product analysis and stimulated debate on the industrial utilization of natural products. Biodiversity: New Leads for the Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries reviews and discusses aspects of modern natural products research. The central theme of many articles is the sustainable use of global biodiversity. Microbial, plant and marine products are presented as the sources of new drugs, including antifungal products, antibiotics, anticancer agents and animal health products. There is also coverage of the biosynthesis of polyketides and the chemical synthesis of natural products and their derivatives"--Page 4 of cover Annotation From A September 1999 Conference At St. Andrews, Scotland, 21 Lectures Begin With The History, Diversity, And Discovery Of Natural Products. Then They Examine Natural Products From Microbes, Marine Organisms, And Plant And End By Considering Biosynthesis And Natural Products As Leads For Synthesis. The Specific Topics Include The Relationship Between Natural Products And Synthetic Chemistry In The Discovery Process, Signal Transduction Inhibitors From Microorganisms, The Anti- Cancer Dolastatins As Cyanobacterial Metabolites, And The Traditional Use Of Plants In The Highlands Of Scotland. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com). For over 50 years, antibiotics have served us well in combating infectious bacteria and fungi.