CHM 579 - Role of the Oceans in Human Health

Course Description: 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.

Credit Hours: 3

Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Two semesters of undergraduate organic chemistry and one semester of undergraduate biology.
Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated

ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

Equivalent Courses: MSC 579
Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
Additional Course Fees: None
Course Attribute: None