Publisher's Synopsis
Combining two approaches to organic chemistry - discussion of the concepts and a provision of the factual information - this book embraces chemical, industrial and biological applications. At the same time, it provides the reader with a good understanding of this complex and important area of science.;Comprehensive in scope, the book provides a general introduction to the subject and moves on to look at aliphatic compounds, alicyclic compounds, carbohydrates, aromatic compounds, isoprenoids, heterocylic compounds, amino acids, peptides and proteins, nucleic acid, enzymes and metabolism.
