Tropical biodiversity: has it been a potential source of secondary metabolites useful for medicinal chemistry?
The use of natural products has definitely been the most successful strategy in the discovery of novel medicines. Secondary metabolites from terrestrial and marine organisms have found considerable use in the treatment of numerous diseases and have been considered lead molecules both in their natura...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Química Nova |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422012001100036&lng=en&tlng=en |