Natural Products Desk Reference

Download or read book Natural Products Desk Reference written by John Buckingham and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a group of experts affiliated with the prestigious Dictionary of Natural Products, this book provides a concise overview of the key structural types of natural products and their interrelationship. A structurally diverse group, ranging from simple aliphatic carbon chains to high molecular weight proteins, natural products can usually be classified into one or more groups. The text describes these major types, including flavonoids, carbohydrates, terpenoids, polyketides, and lipids, and it illustrates them with accurate chemical structures, demonstrating the biosynthetic relationships between groups. The book also covers nomenclature, stereochemistry, and ring numbering.