1. Edition - April 2010
549.- Euro
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599.- Euro
2010. 1600 Pages, 3 Volumes, Hardcover
424 Fig., , 150 Tab. 
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32703-7
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32703-4 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim









Short description
A systematic listing of almost all marine natural products known to date. Based on the biological classification of the organisms they are derived from, it also provides background information on the respective species. Besides references, this work also lists relevant websites.

From the contents
GENERAL ASPECTS AND DOCUMENTARY RESOURCES
Systems of Classification of Living Organisms: Great Steps in Chemical and Biological Evolution
General Information on the Marine Environment
Chemistry of Marine Natural Products: Originality, Diversity, Distribution
Basic Marine Pharmacology
Documentary Resources
ARCHAEA (ARCHAEBACTERIA) AND EUBACTERIA
Archaea (Archaebacteria)
Eubacteria 1
Eubacteria 2
PHOTOSYNTHETIC EUKARYOTES
Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms)
Chrysophyceae, Raphidophyceae, Haptophyceae
Dinophyceae (Dinoflagellates)
Chlorophyceae (Green Algae) and Marine Spermatophyta
Rhodophyceae (Red Algae)
Phaeophyceae (Brown Algae)
Major Uses of Macroalgae
FUNGI AND OTHER UNICELLULAR NON-PHOTOSYNTHETIC EUKARYOTES
Fungi
Thraustochytrids and Ciliates
Introduction to Marine Biotechnology
DIPLOBLASTIC ORGANISMS: PORIFERA, CNIDARIA, CTENOPHORA
Porifera (Sponges)
Cnidaria and Ctenophora
PROTOSTOMES
Worm-like Organisms: 1
Bryozoans, Phoronida, Brachiopoda
Molluscs
Arthropoda
Introduction to chemical ecology
DEUTEROSTOMES
Echinodermata
Worm-like Organisms: 2. Chaetognatha, Hemichordata (Enteropneusta and Pterobranchia)
Ascidians (Tunicates)
Vertebrates: Fish, Reptiles, Mammals