Chemistry of Natural Products, 1st ed. 2022
Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins and Enzymes

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for core as well as elective courses offered to  undergraduate and advanced undergraduate students enrolled in chemistry. This textbook comprehensively deals various topics of organic chemistry such as amino acids, peptides, proteins and enzymes. The text is divided into four chapters: a chapter each dedicated to amino acids, peptides, proteins and enzymes, respectively. The important reactions have been explained with the help of the mechanisms involved. It gives a detailed account of the solution phase and solid phase synthesis of peptides as well as discussing the structure and function of some biologically important peptides. It also covers the classification, nomenclature and mode of action of enzymes, and a detailed account of the structure and function of different co-enzymes. The book also includes pedagogical features like end-of-chapter exercises to aid in self learning. Given the scope, this textbook will be useful for graduate and advanced graduate students pursuing the course of chemistry, especially organic chemistry.

V.K. Ahluwalia has worked as professor of chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi for more than three decades and taught postgraduate and M.Phil students. He has guided about 80 students for M.Phil/Ph.D degrees and has published more than 250 research papers in National and International Journals. He has delivered a number of invited lectures in India and Abroad. Prof. Ahluwalia worked as post-doctoral fellow for two years (1960-1962) and worked with Prof. Harold Shechter at the Department of Chemistry Ohio State University, Ohio USA and for one year (1980-81) with Professor Herbert C. Brown, Nobel Laureate at the Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, USA. He has also been a visiting professor at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research University of Delhi, Delhi. Prof. Ahluwalia has authored many books a few of which are, Reaction Mechanism, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Science, Environment Education, Environmental Pollution and Health and Organic Synthesis. His Book on Green Chemistry is the winner 2009 Choice award, being the outstanding academic title.

Lalita. S. Kumar did her PhD from University of Delhi in the year 1987 in the area of Synthetic Organic Chemistry. She has five publications to her credit. She is working as Reader at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. She has been associated with design, development and maintenance of distance teaching material for over sixteen years. Her areas of interest are biochemistry, organic reaction mechanism and environmental chemistry.

Sanjiv Kumar did his PhD from University of Delhi in the year 1990 in the area of biophysical chemistry for which he worked on interaction of peptides and proteins with nuclear acids. He is working as Reader at Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, and has a teaching experience of over sixteen years. His areas of interest are biochemistry, spectroscopy and quantum chemistry.