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02732aam a2200397 a 4500 001 A5A94C10CEDF11E09E3AE4E66AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110825010104 008 100402s2010 enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010277781 020 $a 0199566836 (hbk.) 020 $a 9780199566839 035 $a (OCoLC)368048397 040 $a UKM $c UKM $d SILO $d NLM $d BTCTA $d BWKUK $d BWX $d AGL $d ZAD $d YDXCP $d GBVCP $d MOF $d IQU $d CDX $d HTM $d COH $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat $a lccopycat 050 00 $a QK99.A1 $b F565 2010 082 04 $a 547.7 $2 22 100 1 $a Firn, Richard. 245 1 $a Nature's chemicals : $b the natural products that shaped our world / $c Richard Firn. 260 $a Oxford ; $b Oxford University Press, $c 2010. 300 $a ix, 250 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 25 cm. 440 0 $a Oxford biology 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-237) and index. 500 $a "Natural Products (NPs) is the term used to describe the hundreds of thousands of chemical compounds or substances that are continually produced by living organisms (plants and microbes). Hundreds of millions of tons of these chemicals are generated annually, and the trade in just a few of these has dominated human economic activity for thousands of years. Indeed the current world geopolitical map has been shaped by attempts to control the supply of a few of these compounds. Every day of our lives each human spends time and money trying to procure the NPs of their choice. However, despite their overwhelming influence on human culture, they remain poorly understood. Yet a knowledge of NPs can help in our search for new drugs, further the debate about GM manipulation, help us address environmental pollution, and enable a better understanding of drug trafficking."--Dust jacket. 505 0 $a What are natural products? -- The importance of NPs in human affairs -- The main classes of NPs--only a few pathways lead to the majority of NPs -- Are NPs different from synthetic chemicals? -- Why do organisms make NPs? -- NPs, chemicals and the environment -- Natural products and the pharmaceutical industry -- The chemical interactions between organisms -- The evolution of metabolism -- The genetic modification of NP pathways--possible opportunities and possible pitfalls. 650 0 $a Natural products. 650 0 $a Bioactive compounds. 650 0 $a Botany, Medical. 650 12 $a Plants, Medicinal $x chemistry. 650 22 $a Biological Products $x chemistry. 650 22 $a Plants, Medicinal $x microbiology. 941 $a 2 952 $l OUAX845 $d 20240816043947.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20111108012807.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A5A94C10CEDF11E09E3AE4E66AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b IOTInitiate Another SILO Locator Search