Precise Chemistry of Natural Products and Heterocyclic Compounds

Human beings have been using natural products since the dawn of human history. Throughout the ages, nature has provided man with sources of the essentials of life, including food, medicines and other raw materials necessary for the continuity of life. Plant products form a very large group of natural products including compounds from the animal kingdom. The term natural product is normally used to denote organic compounds of natural origin, often with complex structures. The chemical modification of these natural products has provided us many therapeutically useful drugs. The present book has been compiled to study the chemistry of natural products in an easy and precise language which covers the syllabus prescribed in undergraduate course.