Organic & Inorganic Chemistry

Natural product chemistry

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The investigation of biological and chemical properties of natural products for the past two centuries has not only produced drugs for the treatment of several diseases, but has instigated the development of synthetic organic chemistry and the arrival of medicinal chemistry as a major route to discover efficacious and novel therapeutic agents. Structural alteration of natural compounds or synthesis of novel compounds based on designs following a natural compound scaffolding have offered us a lot of vital new drugs in the fields of medicine, agriculture and food spheres. Nature has provided a fascinating array of chemical structures in the form of bioactive secondary metabolites.