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.

Vladimir Havlicek is a Professor of Analytical Chemistry in the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. His laboratory uses analytical tools to characterize molecular structure. He has worked in the field of natural products for over 20 years. Dr. Havlicek is on the editorial or advisory boards of several leading analytical journals and has published over 130 papers in peer–reviewed journals. Jaroslav Spizek is a Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics in the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, where he was director between1992–2000. He has worked in the field of antibiotics for 50 years. In 2011, he became an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Professor Spizek has published 98 peer–reviewed papers and edited two books.