Modern pharmacognosy: Connecting biology and chemistry

Lars Bohlin; Ulf Göransson; Anders Backlund

doi:10.1351/pac200779040763

Publicly Available Published by De Gruyter January 1, 2009

Modern pharmacognosy: Connecting biology and chemistry

Lars Bohlin , Ulf Göransson and Anders Backlund

From the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry

https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779040763

Abstract

In many countries today, the number of students selecting chemistry for higher studies is decreasing. At the same time, interest in the environmental aspects of chemistry, green chemistry, and sustainable use of natural products is increasing among the young generation of students. By modernizing and renewing a venerable proven science, pharmacognosy would have a strategic position to connect biology and chemistry. This multidisciplinary subject is important for discovery of novel and unique molecules with drug potential, and for revealing unknown targets, by studying evolutionary structure-activity optimization in nature. In this paper, the overall aim and strategies of our research are presented and exemplified by three different research projects.

Natural products are involved in scientific issues important for a sustainable society, and a multidisciplinary subject such as pharmacognosy can, therefore, be useful in increasing future interest in both chemistry and biology.

Keywords: antifouling; cyclotides; cytoxicity; marine sponges; pharmacognosy; prediction of selection

Conference

International Symposium on Chemistry of Natural Products (ISCNP-25) and 5th International Conference on Biodiversity (ICOB-5), International Conference on Biodiversity, International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, ICOB, ISCNP, Biodiversity, Natural Products, 25th, Kyoto, Japan, 2006-07-23–2006-07-28

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