Overview
- Highlights innovative opportunities in drug discovery
- Overview of strategies and screening methods
- Compilation of current applicable technology
Part of the book series: Progress in Drug Research (PDR, volume 65.66)
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About this book
The use of substances derived from plants, fungi, bacteria and marine organisms has a long tradition in medicine. Together with their derivatives, and synthetic compounds deduced from natural product precursors, they represent a major part of today's pharmaceutical market.
In molecular biological research, natural products also play an important role as tool compounds in pathway screening and validation of target identification concepts. They provide innovative opportunities in drug discovery, leading to a detailed understanding of biological pathways and revealing the functions of involved enzymes or receptors.
This book highlights the biodiversity-driven approaches which are now of eminent importance in natural products research. It addresses the question why natural products display such a complex chemical information, what makes them often unique and what their characteristics are. Practical questions such as supply of natural substances and production optimization strategies are also covered.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Natural Compounds as Drugs
Editors: Frank Petersen, René Amstutz
Series Title: Progress in Drug Research
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Basel 2008
Series ISSN: 0071-786X
Series E-ISSN: 2297-4555
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 860