Chemistry of marine natural products

This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the use of bioactive compounds of marine origin as tools for studying cellular physiological processes. It brings together the research results of several investigations concerning the toxic effect of these compounds on cell functions. Equally important, it provides the reader with a number of easy to use techniques for isolating and identifying these compounds, and for studying their physiological and pharmacological activity and relationship to known cellular functions. Included is a discussion of the general effects and potential usefulness of bio-active compounds in terms of their specific cellular action. This volume will serve as a valuable source of current data and research procedures for cell and marine biologists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, biochemists, neurobiologists, zoologists, and oceanographers. It will be especially useful to students in these fields.