LEAD MOLECULES FROM NATURAL PRODUCTS - DISCOVERY AND NEW TRENDS

'Lead Molecules from Natural Products - Discovery and New Trends' provides the reader with a thorough overview of current discoveries and trends in Natural Products research. Nature provides the modern medical world with a number of highly potential drugs. The contents of the book are structured according to the central and recent hot topics for the natural product researcher. Most contributors discuss and describe their own laboratory experiences — their findings, including legal issues. This book consists of 22 chapters from well known scientists all over the world, with topics ranging from Natural Product Chemistry and Phytochemistry in their most basic form, to Molecular Biology and to in silico Drug design.