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20402508 NATURAL PRODUCTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY in Ecosystems Biodiversity and Management LM-6 N0 TOFANI DANIELA
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INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY. MAIN FEATURES OF SECONDARY METABOLISM.
ACETATE PATHWAY. AROMATIC POLYKETIDES, ANTHRAQUINONES, CANNABINOIDS, AFLATOXINS.
SHIKIMATE PATHWAY. SHIKIMIC ACID BIOSYNTHESIS. CINNAMIC ACIDS. LIGNINES. PHENYLPROPANOIDS. BENZOIC ACIDS. COUMARINS. FLAVONOIDS. TANNINS. ISOFLAVONES. TERPENOID QUINONES.
MEVALONATE PATHWAY. MEVALONIC ACID BIOGENESIS. BIOSYNTHESIS OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF TERPENES. IRIDOIDS. GIBBERELLINS. HORMONES. ANIMAL AND HUMAN STEROIDS. PHYTOSTEROLS.
ALKALOIDS: DEFINITION AND NOMENCLATURE. BIOSYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE MAIN CLASSES OF NATURAL ALKALOIDS: COCAINE, NICOTINE, CURARE, MORPHINE, LOGANIN, LYSERGIC ACID, CONIINE.
CARBOHYDRATES: GENERALITIES. CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES. STREPTOMYCINS.
PEPTIDIC SECONDARY METABOLITES. INTERFERONS. OPIOID PEPTIDES. PEPTIDE TOXINS: RICIN AND BOTULIN. PENICILLINS.
(reference books)
P.M. DEWICK : CHIMICA, BIOSINTESI E BIOATTIVITA' DELLE SOSTANZE NATURALI. EDIZIONI PICCIN
PWP LESSON FILES GIVEN BY PROFESSOR
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