Research in Natural Product Chemistry

Author: Fang Qicheng
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book focuses on discussing new theories, methods, ideas, and advancements in natural product chemistry research over the past decade; summarizes research progress and structural characteristics of various natural product chemical components such as alkaloids, flavonoids, lignans and coumarins, tannins, saponins, terpenoids, amino acids, peptides, and proteins; introduces the latest developments in the research of bioactive components from medicinal fungi and marine organisms, as well as the biosynthesis of natural products and its methods; describes the newly developed high-efficiency, rapid, and high-throughput preparation techniques for natural product samples, as well as new technologies and methods in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and X-ray diffraction analysis. In light of the current situation, the book proposes that advanced researchers engaged in natural product chemistry research should not only be familiar with the theoretical knowledge and techniques of extraction, separation, and chemical structure elucidation of natural product components but should also strive to master the basic theoretical knowledge and skills of structural modification, analog synthesis, and semi-synthesis or full synthesis of natural compounds. The book includes "Structural Modification of Natural Product Chemistry and Common Organic Reactions" and "Biological Activity Research of Natural Compounds and Its Methods" for reference. This book can serve as a reference for researchers in drug research and the development of new drugs; it can also be used as a reference for master's and doctoral students majoring in natural product chemistry and traditional Chinese medicine chemistry.