كتاب
Nature's chemicals: the natural products that shaped our world
| العنوان: | Nature's chemicals: the natural products that shaped our world |
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| المؤلفون: | Firn, Richard. |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010. |
| سنة النشر: | 2010 |
| وصف مادي: | ix, 250 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| سلاسل: | Oxford biology Oxford biology. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Natural products., Bioactive compounds., Medicinal plants., Plants, Medicinal -- chemistry., Biological Products -- chemistry., Plants, Medicinal -- microbiology. |
| الوصف: | This monograph describes natural products as a group in an evolutionary context. It synthesizes a widely dispersed literature and provides a general picture of natural products encompassing evolution, history, ecology, and environmental issues, along with some deeper theory relevant to biochemistry. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | 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. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn368048397 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-19-956683-9 0-19-956683-6 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-237) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.012237268.9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780199566839 0199566836 |
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