Molecular and supramolecular chemistry of natural products and their model compounds

"Molecular and Supramolecular Chemistry of Natural Products and Their Model Compounds describes the major molecular building blocks of animals and plants: lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates ... covers functional molecules - steroids, carotenoids, porphyrins, vitamins, nucleic acids, and proteins ... explores the role of vectorial reaction chains in the construction of nanometer size devices ... assesses the likelihood of molecular assemblies of cellulose degradation products becoming the major basis of plastics ... discusses reactions with light, electrons, protons, oxygen, and water ... includes sections on protein, nucleic acid, and polysaccharide chemistry ... considers the driving forces behind the formation of nonsymmetric fluid and chiral solid membrane structures ... sketches the synthesis of model compounds and their roles in the mimicry of biological function ... explains the different assembly properties of open-chain hydrocarbons, cyclopentane, and cyclohexane derivatives and planar aromatic molecules ... and much more."--Jacket.