Thursday 21 August 2014
The compound or
substance produced by a living organism – found in nature is known as the
natural products. In the broadest
sense, natural products include any medium manufactured by life.The term natural
product has also been prolonged for commercial motives to deal with cosmetics,
dietary supplements, and food produced from natural sources without any type of
artificial ingredients present.
Within the field of organic chemistry,
usually it is defined, restricted to the meaning, purified organic compounds isolated and produced from natural sources. Within medicinal chemistry, the denotation is often more over restricted
to secondary metabolites.These are not
essential for survival, but nevertheless bestow organisms that produce them an
evolutionary privilege. Many
secondary metabolites are cytotoxic and
have been designed and optimized through evolution for use as chemical warfare
agents against predators, prey and conflicting organisms.
Natural Products also have pharmacological or biological
activity that can be of therapeutic perks in the remedies of various diseases
or infections. In addition, synthetic analogs of natural products with improved
potency and well-being can be prepared and; therefore, natural products are usually
used as a preparatory point for drug discovery.
In fact, natural products are the source of inspiration for approximately one
half of U.S.
Natural products can also be organized by whole synthesis and have played a central role in the
producing of the field of organic chemistry by providing challenging synthetic targets.
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