Natural Products Chemistry

Introductory Natural product Chemistry: Historical development and sources of natural product drugs. Natural product drug discovery, major classes of natural product drugs and pharmaceutical importance of natural product drugs. Chemistry of substances of natural origin viz: steroids, alkaloids, terpenes/terpenoids and their glycosides, flavonoids, saponins, purines, xanthines, carbohydrates, tannins, lipids, amino acids and proteins. Relevance of natural product drugs in the field of pharmacy.