Encyclopedia of Marine Natural Products

by Kornprobst, Jean-Michel

• ISBN13: 9783527334292
• ISBN10: 3527334297
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-06-09
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Now in its second edition and further expanded by 15%, this encyclopedic work is one of the largest resources on marine natural products.
It contains an exhaustive and systematic listing of more than 9,000 formulae and 10,000 references with around 650 relevant websites. The unique approach of classifying the compounds by biological species together with their background information makes this particularly useful for marine biologists, and contributed significantly to the overwhelming success of the previous edition.
The digital version now features a completely cross-linked library of compounds for easy access to related substances, making it even more useful for biologists, chemists and pharmacologists alike.

Author Biography

Jean-Michel Kornprobst worked for over 25 years on the chemical analysis of marine natural products, first in Dakar, Senegal and later in Nantes, France. He received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the Ecole Nationale Superieure in Montpellier and is currently emeritus at the University of Nantes, where he headed the laboratory of marine chemistry.

Table of Contents

GENERAL ASPECTS AND DOCUMENTARY RESOURCES
Systems of Classification of Living Organisms: Great Steps in Chemical and Biological Evolution
General Information on the Marine Environment
Chemistry of Marine Natural Products: Originality, Diversity, Distribution
Basic Marine Pharmacology
Documentary Resources
ARCHAEA (ARCHAEBACTERIA) AND EUBACTERIA
Archaea (Archaebacteria)
Eubacteria 1
Eubacteria 2
PHOTOSYNTHETIC EUKARYOTES
Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms)
Chrysophyceae, Raphidophyceae, Haptophyceae
Dinophyceae (Dinoflagellates)
Chlorophyceae (Green Algae) and Marine Spermatophyta
Rhodophyceae (Red Algae)
Phaeophyceae (Brown Algae)
Major Uses of Macroalgae
FUNGI AND OTHER UNICELLULAR NON-PHOTOSYNTHETIC EUKARYOTES
Fungi
Thraustochytrids and Ciliates
Introduction to Marine Biotechnology
DIPLOBLASTIC ORGANISMS: PORIFERA, CNIDARIA, CTENOPHORA
Porifera (Sponges)
Cnidaria and Ctenophora
PROTOSTOMES
Worm-like Organisms: 1
Bryozoans, Phoronida, Brachiopoda
Molluscs
Arthropoda
Introduction to chemical ecology
DEUTEROSTOMES
Echinodermata
Worm-like Organisms: 2. Chaetognatha, Hemichordata (Enteropneusta and Pterobranchia)
Ascidians (Tunicates)
Vertebrates: Fish, Reptiles, Mammals