Natural Product Chemistry for Drug Discovery (RSC Biomolecular Sciences) [Hardcover]

Antony D. Buss (Editor), Mark S. Butler (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 11, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0854041931 | ISBN-13: 978-0854041930 | Edition: 1st Edition.

Natural Product Chemistry for Drug Discovery provides a comprehensive summary of where natural product chemistry is today in drug discovery. The book covers emerging technologies and case studies and is a source of up-to-date information on the topical subject of natural products. Natural products are once again considered important tools in the drug discovery toolbox. The authors are all experts in their respective fields of natural product chemistry.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This volume serves as a useful reminder that even as the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, natural products are still a valuable resource for the new therapeutic agents and new drug leads with broad structural diversity." "This is a timely and highly informative text that belongs in institutional libraries where biomedical research is carried out...many natural product researchers, as well as medicinal chemists, synthetic organic chemists, and pharmacologists will find this volume well worthy of purchase for their personal libraries." -- Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2010, 53 P2329 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry - DO NOT SEND REVIEWS "This volume serves as a useful reminder that even as the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close, natural products are still a valuable resource for the new therapeutic agents and new drug leads with broad structural diversity." "This is a timely and highly informative text that belongs in institutional libraries where biomedical research is carried out...many natural product researchers, as well as medicinal chemists, synthetic organic chemists, and pharmacologists will find this volume well worthy of purchase for their personal libraries."

About the Author

Dr A.D. Buss graduated from the Royal Institute of Chemistry before receiving his MSc from the University of East Anglia and then a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He started his career in the pharmaceutical industry with Pfizer before moving to Schering Agrochemicals as a Team Leader. In 1989, he joined Glaxo as Research Manager prior to becoming Head of the Natural Products Discovery Department and, finally, Research Unit Head, Bioprocessing, in 1995. During this period, Dr. Buss served as Chairman of the GlaxoWellcome (UK) Research Management Team and Chairman of the Joint Project Team (combinatorial polyketide biosynthesis) for what was GlaxoWellcome's largest research collaboration with the University of Cambridge. In 2000, he became head of the Centre for Natural Product Research at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore and, on the Centre's privatisation to MerLion Pharmaceuticals in May 2002, became its President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr Buss is the author or co-author of over fifty peer reviewed scientific publications. Dr Mark S. Butler received his BSc (Hons) and PhD from The University of Melbourne. After postdoctoral work at the Arizona State University, he joined the Queensland Pharmaceutical Research Institute (now Natural Product Research). He then moved to Singapore to lead the Natural Product Chemistry group at the Centre of Natural Product Research (CNPR), which was part of the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB). In 2002, CNPR privatized to become MerLion Pharmaceuticals where his present position is Director of Natural Product Chemistry. He has contributed to over 40 papers on various aspects of natural products chemistry and, in 2002, was awarded the Matt Suffness (Young Investigator) Award by the American Society of Pharmacognosy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 440 pages
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry; 1st Edition. edition (December 11, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0854041931
• ISBN-13: 978-0854041930
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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