Natural Product Chemistry and Applications

Author: Ha Chengyong
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book focuses on introducing the sources, production methods, characteristics, and chemical structures of various resource-based natural products, as well as their further deep processing and applications. The content includes natural resins such as rosin, lacquer, and shellac, natural essential oils, animal and vegetable oils, natural polymers, natural drugs, and briefly introduces the research progress of marine natural products. This book not only objectively describes the chemical structures and other details of natural products but also aims to reflect the significance of natural product research and application to human sustainable development, along with numerous practical examples, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of natural products. The book emphasizes the combination of fundamentals and practicality, offering a thorough introduction to relevant basic knowledge while also sufficiently discussing the extraction, separation processes, equipment, as well as deep processing and practical application methods, formulations, and more. It serves as a reference for graduate students, teaching staff, researchers, and engineering technicians engaged in natural organic chemistry, natural product chemistry, teaching, research, and production. Additionally, it can be used as a teaching reference book for relevant majors in colleges and universities.