CHM 579 - Role of the Oceans in Human Health

Credits: 3

(MSC 579) Prerequisite: CHM 212, BIO 110, or consent of instructor. Discovery, structure, and biological activity of marine bioactive compounds, chemotaxonomy, pharmaceutical leads, marine biotoxins, structure, mode of action, regulation and monitoring, the producing organisms, how (biosynthesis) and why these compounds are made. Two lectures per week.

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