Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Fungi and the development of microbiological chemistry;
Chapter 2: The chemistry of growing fungi;
Chapter 3: Fungal metabolites derived from amino acids;
Chapter 4: Polyketides from fungi;
Chapter 5: Terpenoid fungal metabolites;
Chapter 6: Fungal metabolites derived from the citric acid cycle;
Chapter 7: Pigments and odours of fungi;
Chapter 8: The chemistry of some fungal diseases of plants;
Chapter 9: Mycotoxins;
Chapter 10: Fungi as reagents;

About the Author

Dr James R Hanson is currently at the University of Sussex and has worked on the isolation, chemistry and biosynthesis of fungal metabolites and the use of fungi in biotransformations for nearly 50 years.

Reviews

"This will be a useful book for chemists contemplating a career in microbial chemistry as well as for medicinal chemists."
*Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2008, vol 51 No 22*