Hybrid Natural Products

Natural Products in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 441-472

  Suzuki, Keisuke ^a   Yasui, Yoshizumi ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Carbohydrates; Hybrid; Polyketides; Shikimic acid; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926481923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527676545.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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