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Biotechnological studies in the Far‐Eastern Region of Russia
Author(s) -
Stonik Valentin A.,
Mikhailov Valery V.,
Bulgakov Victor P.,
Zhuravlev Yuri N.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
biotechnology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.144
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1860-7314
pISSN - 1860-6768
DOI - 10.1002/biot.200700066
Subject(s) - far east , natural (archaeology) , microbiology and biotechnology , geography , biology , archaeology
Achievements and problems in both the studies on natural bioactive compounds from the Far‐Eastern higher plants and marine invertebrates and development of the corresponding biotechnologies concerning new drugs and food supplements, as well as pharmaceutical leads are discussed. Special emphasis is made on recent results from the Far‐eastern Institutions belonging to the Russian Academy of Sciences, and their application in both medicine and the food industry, as well as on peculiarities of biological and chemical diversity in the North‐Western part of Asia and adjoining seas.