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Nature’s bounty of natural products brings bewildering outcomes

Author(s) -

Veranja Karunaratne

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

ceylon journal of science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2513-230X

pISSN - 2513-2814

DOI - 10.4038/cjs.v45i2.7383

Subject(s) - directory , library science , publishing , impact factor , sri lanka , index (typography) , ceylon , political science , history , computer science , law , world wide web , ancient history , ethnology , south asia , operating system

Earth is home to about 250,000 different species of plants, and to over 30 million species of fungi, algae, and bacteria. Despite these vast numbers, chemists have tested only a few of these organisms to see whether they harbor medically useful small molecules called natural products. In addition, there is increasing evidence that lower plants such as lichens, hitherto not examined, might be a rich repository of bioactive natural products (Karunaratne et al., 2005).

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