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Biodiversity and Natural Product Diversity
Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry Series
Author: Pietra F
Language: EnglishSubjects for Biodiversity and Natural Product Diversity:
366 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Hardback
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Dedication
Preface
Definitions of abbreviations for the charts and tables
Part I: The concept of biodiversity
Chapter 1: Defining biodiversity
Chapter 2: The course of biodiversity
Part II: The relationship between biodiversity and natural product diversity
Chapter 3: Taxonomy, phylogeny, and natural products
Chapter 4: The problem of unculturable species
Chapter 5: Natural product diversity: at which rank?
Part III: Natural product diversity at ecosystem level
Chapter 6: Terrestrial and freshwater biomes
Chapter 7: The oceans
Chapter 8: The widespread distribution of natural products
Chapter 9: Terrestrial vs marine natural product diversity
Chapter 10: Life under extreme conditions
Chapter 11: Graphic analysis of the skeletal diversity and complexity of natural products
Part IV: Natural product diversity at functional level
Chapter 12: Signaling, defensive, and environmentally relevant metabolites
Chapter 13: Exploiting natural product diversity
Part V: Biotechnology and chemical synthesis of natural product
Chapter 14: The role of biotechnology
Chapter 15: The role of chemical synthesis
Part VI: Threatening and management of natural product diversity
Chapter 16: Threatening natural product diversity
Chapter 17: Management of natural product diversity
References
Index