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UNIWERSITY OF WARSAW

1 Pasteura Str., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland, phone: +48 (0)22 822 02 11

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Subject

Chemistry of Natural Products


No / course unit code


Semester

1M

Type of course

Lecture


Teaching hours
 per semester    per week

30      2

ECTS credits

2


Lecturer:

Prof. dr. hab. Zbigniew Czarnocki
Room: 236     Phone extn.: 220     email: czarnoz@chem.uw.edu.pl

Teaching Division:

Organic Chemistry

Educational and
professional goals:


Acquire a basic knowledge on modern natural products chemistry.

Course description:

The course is designed to introduce the students to selected basic ideas and concepts of modern chemistry of low molecular weight natural products, including the elementary knowledge of plant primary and secondary metabolism. Carbohydrates, amino acids, fatty acids and prostaglandins, terpenoids, alkaloids and phenolic compounds will briefly be mentioned as well as some basic concepts of modern neurochemistry, toxicology and the chemistry of ecosystems. Modes of interactions between living organisms will be discussed, including symbiosis, anabiosis (antibiotics) and chemical information exchange channels (semiochemicals, pheromones, aromas).

Literature:
D.H.R. Barton, Ed., "Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry", Pergamon, 1999.

Required background:


Organic Chemistry I.

Form of assessment:


Exam

Remarks:

Course is intended for all interested in the chemistry of ecosystems.




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