Issue 4, 2003

Natural products – a simple model to explain chemical diversity

Abstract

Covering: 1990–2003

A simple evolutionary model is presented which explains why organisms produce so many natural products, why so many have low biological activity, why enzymes involved in natural product synthesis have the properties they do and why natural product metabolism is shaped as it is.

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
30 May 2003
First published
13 Jun 2003

Nat. Prod. Rep., 2003,20, 382-391

Natural products – a simple model to explain chemical diversity

R. D. Firn and C. G. Jones, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2003, 20, 382 DOI: 10.1039/B208815K

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