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BIOL 467 - Natural Products: Origins, Analysis, and Pharmacognosy

(3 units)
While the biosynthetic pathways of primary metabolite production are highly conserved, the pathways that produce specialized metabolites are not under the same selective pressures allowing for the evolution of a highly diverse suite of metabolites distributed across diverse taxa. This course explores this diversity and the function of these natural products from the ecology and evolution of the organisms that make them to the humans that use them.

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 190A ; CHEM 122A ; CHEM 122L ; CHEM 220A  OR CHEM 341 .

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. recognize different classes of compounds and discuss where they are found, their biosynthetic origins, their function in natural systems, and their role in human health.
2. grasp the various approaches available in quantifying natural products and apply them.
3. develop the tools to investigate natural products related topics, including specialized databases and primary literature searches.


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