Introduction to the different classes of natural products

Plant-derived Natural Products: Synthesis, Function, and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-50

  Springob, Karin ^a   Kutchan, Toni M ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85498-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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