Open AccessLessons from Nature
Author(s) -
Koji Nakanishi,
Nina Berova
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.1998.3
Subject(s) - organism , isolation (microbiology) , variety (cybernetics) , biology , multidisciplinary approach , biochemical engineering , ecology , astrobiology , computer science , engineering , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , paleontology , artificial intelligence , social science
Terrestrial and marine animals, plants, insects, and microorganisms produce a large variety of compounds for the organism's development, daily survival, self-defence, symbiosis, sexual attraction, etc. Certain of these compounds are discussed here, with emphasis not only on their isolation and structure determination, but also on the question as to why they are active. This requires a multidisciplinary approach, for a better understanding of life's processes and nature's mysteries.