Bioprospection for biotechnology and medicine : identifying new bioactive leads from nature

Introduction

BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS
Structural types of natural products and their occurrence in plants, algae, animals, fungi and bacteria (overview)
Biosynthesis of natural products
Sites of biosynthesis and storage
Function and evolution of natural products
Modes of action
Methods of isolation , separation and identification of secondary metabolites

OCCURRENCE OF BIOATIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS IN NATURE
Bacteria
Fungi
Algae
Plants
Animals
Marine organisms

PRODUCTION AND UTILISATION OF BIOACTIVE NATURAL PRODUCTS
Production of bioactive substances
Utilisation in medicine
Utilisation in food
Utilisation as biorational pesticides
Utilisation in biotechnology
Legal framework
Intellectual property rights, patenting, registration)
Bioinformatics platforms for the integration, management and traceability of information generated in bioprospection processes

Glossary
Index