Natural product chemistry

Author: Xu Rensheng
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book incorporates the fundamental theories and methods of natural product separation and chemical structure research (spectroscopic applications), briefly describing the chemical structures, characteristics, applications, and modern research methods of structural determination for various major natural products, as well as certain total synthesis and biosynthetic pathways. The content includes the various chemical components of plants and traditional Chinese medicines; marine organisms, insect hormones and pheromones; common natural product component separation methods and structural determination; stereochemistry, chemical synthesis and biosynthesis, and major bioactivities, with examples for analysis. Additionally, the book pays attention to adopting the research achievements of Chinese scientists, many of which are summaries of the author's academic accomplishments.