This book deals with a variety of aspects of natural product research.
It includes review articles and revised original contributions involving
analysis, isolation and structure elucidation, synthesis and bioactivity
of terrestrial and marine natural products. Plant cell biotechnology for
the production of secondary metabolites is discussed. This volume
provides also outstanding information about the industrial application
of natural products for medicinal purposes.
The broad interdisciplinary approach found in this book, which comprises
50 papers, makes it interesting to the scientists, whose work is in any
way related to the research or use of natural products.