A Historical Overview of Natural Products in Drug Discovery

A Historical Overview of Natural Products in Drug Discovery

Historically, natural products have been used since ancient times and in folklore for the treatment of many diseases and illnesses. Classical natural product chemistry methodologies enabled a vast array of bioactive secondary metabolites from terrestrial and marine sources to be discovered. Many of...

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Main Authors: Daniel A. Dias, Sylvia Urban, Ute Roessner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-04-01
Series:Metabolites
Subjects:
natural products
secondary metabolites
drug discovery
bioactivity
metabolomics
dereplication, plants
sponges
algae
fungi
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/2/2/303

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