Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-203) and index.
Fungi and the development of microbiological chemistry -- The chemistry of growing fungi -- Fungal metabolites derived from amino acids -- Polyketides from fungi -- Terpenoid fungal metabolites -- Fungal metabolites derived from the citric acid cycle -- Pigments and odours of fungi -- The chemistry of some fungal diseases of plants -- Mycotoxins -- Fungi as reagents.
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This book introduces chemists to the range of structures of fungal metabolites and describes the progress in the elucidation of these structures from chemical degradation to spectroscopic analysis.