Biodiversity New Leads for the Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries

• Other Authors: Wrigley, Stephen K (Editor), Hayes, Martin A. (Editor), Thomas, Robert (Editor), Chrystal, Ewan J.T (Editor), Nicholson, Neville (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY 2000
• Subjects: Biodiversity
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• Physical Description: vi, 313 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0854048308; 9780854048304

The continuing quest for new drugs and agrochemicals has seen researchers looking to the natural world for potential products. Plants and microorganisms have long been investigated as sources of new lead compounds, but the scope of this book has been widened to include substances derived from marine organisms. Advances in genetic engineering, high throughput screening and structure elucidation have also opened up further avenues for exploration.