Natural Products Analysis: Instrumentation, Methods, and Applications

This book describes current and emerging analytical techniques applied to the study of natural products and their relation to drug discovery. The book addresses the analytical tasks associated with complex natural products, describing the techniques for isolating and characterizing natural products. These techniques include x–ray diffraction, NMR analysis, mass spectrometry, chemical genetics, and many others. Its coverage of cutting–edge techniques offers a valuable resource for the structural and biological analysis of natural products, a rapidly changing field with many advances in analytical technologies.