The Role of Natural Products in Drug Discovery

Mulzer, J.; Bohlmann, R.

Natural Products have been important sources of useful drugs from prehistoric times to the present. This book gives an overview about this field and provides important recent contributions to the discovery of new drugs generated by research on natural products.
Total synthesis of natural products with interesting biological activities is paving the way for the preparation of new and improved analogs. The methods of combinatorial chemistry permit the selection of the best drug from a large number of candidates. Beyond synthesis and evaluation of organic molecules a number of new bioorganic methods are coming to the fore and will be discucced in this isue of the ERnst schering Research Foundation workshop proceedings.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2013-10-03

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783662040447

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-04042-3

Dimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm

Pages: 351.0