Chemistry of Natural Products, Vol. 1

It includes three main topics namely:Carbohydrates; Amino Acids Peptides and Proteins; and Alkaloids. Each chapter deals withintroduction nomenclature classification treatment of some important constituents from natural products -structures extraction isolation constitution and total synthesis. Biosynthetic pathways have been described with properexplanations wherever necessary. Particular care and attention has been given to the correct chemical structures of variousconstituents based on Natural Products as perthe Merck Index so that the users may find it more useful and authentic. Detailed explanations of yarious courses of reactions have been incorporated to make things easily acceptable and understandable to its valued readers.Both BSc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. Students speciali;ing in Chemistry Biotechnology BiochemistryPharmaceutical Chemistry Molecular Biology Microbiology and other allied fields yyill certainly find the textbook quite useful and a dependable source of information.