Abstract

Dedication Preface Definitions of abbreviations for the charts and tables Part I: The concept of biodiversity Chapter 1: Defining biodiversity Chapter 2: The course of biodiversity Part II: The relationship between biodiversity and natural product diversity Chapter 3: Taxonomy, phylogeny, and natural products Chapter 4: The problem of unculturable species Chapter 5: Natural product diversity: at which rank? Part III: Natural product diversity at ecosystem level Chapter 6: Terrestrial and freshwater biomes Chapter 7: The oceans Chapter 8: The widespread distribution of natural products Chapter 9: Terrestrial vs marine natural product diversity Chapter 10: Life under extreme conditions Chapter 11: Graphic analysis of the skeletal diversity and complexity of natural products Part IV: Natural product diversity at functional level Chapter 12: Signaling, defensive, and environmentally relevant metabolites Chapter 13: Exploiting natural product diversity Part V: Biotechnology and chemical synthesis of natural product Chapter 14: The role of biotechnology Chapter 15: The role of chemical synthesis Part VI: Threatening and management of natural product diversity Chapter 16: Threatening natural product diversity Chapter 17: Management of natural product diversity References Index

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