Handbook of Marine Natural Products

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Fattorusso, Ernesto (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gerwick, William H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Taglialatela-Scafati, Orazio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Pharmacy.; Life sciences.; Pharmacology.; Organic chemistry.; Oceanography.; Biochemistry.; Aquatic ecology.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Organic Chemistry.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Handbook of Marine Natural Products takes a fresh approach to describing the major themes of research in this rapidly developing field. This two volume reference work begins with a section that provides a taxonomic survey of the secondary metabolites of diverse marine life including microbes, algae,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Taxonomy and marine natural products research
• Chemistry of microalgae and macroalgae
• Chemistry of marine bacteria and fungi
• Chemistry of marine invertebrates (sponges)
• Chemistry of marine invertebrates (tunicates)
• The role of databases in marine natural products research
• Strategies for structural assignment of MNP through advanced 2D NMR techniques
• Configuration assignment of marine natural products
• Prediction of NMR data through quantum-mechanical calculations
• Contemporary Strategies in Natural Products Structure Elucidation
• Antipredatory defensive role of natural products from marine invertebrates
• Antipredatory defensive roles of planktonic MNPs
• Anti-fouling activity of MNP
• Chemical interactions among marine competitors, and host-pathogens
• Marine Metabolites and Metal Ion Chelation
• Biosynthetic studies through feeding experiments
• Biosynthetic studies through molecular genetics approaches
• Mechanisms of halogenation of marine secondary metabolites
• Enzyme Inhibitors from Marine Invertebrates
• Marine Natural Products that target Microtubules
• Antiprotozoan Marine Natural Products
• Mechanism-based screening for cancer therapeutics with examples from the discovery of marine natural product-based HIF-1 inhibitors
• Fluorescent proteins from the oceans: Marine macromolecules of utility to medicine and biotechnology
• From biosilica of sponges to fabricated biomedical materials
• Meeting the supply needs of marine natural products
• Legal and ethical issues involving marine biodiscovery and development
• Synthesis of Marine Natural Product Leads
• Seafood toxins: classes, sources and toxicology
• Detection of marine toxins through LC/MS techniques
• Marine protein toxins
• Conclusions: The future of marine natural products chemistry.