Level: III
Semester: 1
Number of Credits: 3
Prerequisites: CHEM 2260 or CHEM 2270

 

Course Description

Importance of natural products to man - medicine, agriculture - and in plant-plant and plantanimal interactions. Biosynthesis of natural products in acetate-malonate (polyketides), mevalonate (terpenoids), shikimic acid (aromatics), amino acids (alkaloids), modern methods of characterization of natural products; manipulating biosynthetic pathways.

 

Assessment

Theory Coursework                                        40%
Final Examination - 2-hour written paper     60%
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