PCOL418

042409

Natural Products (NPs) are compounds derived from natural sources, e.g. plants, animals and micro-organisms, which have biological activities. Natural products have been used as healing agents since thousands of years and still today continue to be an excellent and abundant source of therapeutics for many decades. This course will focus on the historical evolution of NP investigation methods, the medical applications of natural products, and drug discovery based on natural products. Detailed information is given for biologically important natural products and drugs of natural origin, including sources, principal components, structural component analysis, drug use, mechanism of action, and the role of natural products in modern medicine system.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

018850