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Part of the book series: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products (POGRCHEM, volume 104)
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The first contribution describes apolar and polar molecular fossils and, in particular biomarkers, along the lines usually followed in organic chemistry textbooks, and points to their bioprecursors when available. Thus, the apolar compounds are divided in linear and branched alkanes followed by alicyclic compounds and aromatic and heterocyclic molecules, and, in particular, the geoporphyrins. The polar molecular fossils contain as functional groups or constituent units ethers, alcohols, phenols, carbonyl groups, flavonoids, quinones, and acids, or are polymers like kerogen, amber, melanin, proteins, or nucleic acids. The final sections discuss the methodology used and the fundamental processes encountered by the biomolecules described, including diagenesis, catagenesis, and metagenesis.
The second contribution covers the distribution of phthalides in nature and the findings in the structural diversity, chemical reactivity, biotransformations, syntheses, and bioactivity of naturaland semisynthetic phthalides.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 104
Editors: A. Douglas Kinghorn, Heinz Falk, Simon Gibbons, Jun’ichi Kobayashi
Series Title: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45618-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45616-4Published: 10 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83332-3Published: 13 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45618-8Published: 25 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-7043
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4309
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 246
Number of Illustrations: 171 b/w illustrations, 69 illustrations in colour
Topics: Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, Medicinal Chemistry