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Biodiversity and Natural Product Diversity
F Pietra (Author)
9780080437071, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 15 May 2002
366 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.74 kg
This, the most recent contribution to the Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry series, provides an integrated evaluation of the diversity of natural products in relation to biodiversity. The ongoing exploitation of biological resources, while maintaining an effective equilibrium on Earth, depends much on the conservation of biodiversity. To this end, parts one and two focus on biodiversity from all viewpoints, while explaining the link with natural products. The third section concentrates on the molecular-shape level, as a link to ecosystem and biodiversity, while the fourth section tackles actual functionalization, as a link to biodiversity at species level. Part five addresses the diversification of these resources from biotechnology and chemical technology, while the final part is concerned with maintaining natural product diversity on Earth.
Dedication Preface Definitions of abbreviations for the charts and tables Part I: The concept of biodiversity Chapter 1: Defining biodiversity Chapter 2: The course of biodiversity Part II: The relationship between biodiversity and natural product diversity Chapter 3: Taxonomy, phylogeny, and natural products Chapter 4: The problem of unculturable species Chapter 5: Natural product diversity: at which rank? Part III: Natural product diversity at ecosystem level Chapter 6: Terrestrial and freshwater biomes Chapter 7: The oceans Chapter 8: The widespread distribution of natural products Chapter 9: Terrestrial vs marine natural product diversity Chapter 10: Life under extreme conditions Chapter 11: Graphic analysis of the skeletal diversity and complexity of natural products Part IV: Natural product diversity at functional level Chapter 12: Signaling, defensive, and environmentally relevant metabolites Chapter 13: Exploiting natural product diversity Part V: Biotechnology and chemical synthesis of natural product Chapter 14: The role of biotechnology Chapter 15: The role of chemical synthesis Part VI: Threatening and management of natural product diversity Chapter 16: Threatening natural product diversity Chapter 17: Management of natural product diversity References Index
Subject Areas: Conservation of wildlife & habitats [RNKH], Biodiversity [RNCB], Organic chemistry [PNN]
