Preface ix
Contributors xi
1. Natural Products Analysis: Instrumentation, Methods, and Applications 1
Vladimír Havlíèek and Jaroslav Spí?ek
2. The Need for New Antifungal and Antimalarial Compounds 9
Jaroslav Spí?ek and Arnold L. Demain
3. Emerging Instrumental Methods for Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Testing 25
Plamen A. Demirev
4. Plant and Marine Sources: Biological Activity of Natural Products and Therapeutic Use 43
Amedeo Amedei and Elena Niccolai
5. Emerging Trends for Stimulating the Discovery of Natural Products 115
Navid Adnani, Gregory A. Ellis, Thomas P. Wyche, Tim S. Bugni, Jason C. Kwan, and Eric W. Schmidt
6. Advances and Challenges in Optical Molecular Spectroscopy Including Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Methods for Bioanalysis 163
Pavel Matìjka, Blanka Vlèková, Lucie Bednárová, and Petr Malon
7. Advanced Techniques for NMR Analysis of Complex Biological Mixtures--From Simple NMR to Hyphenated Techniques 239
Helena Pelantová, Simona Bártová, and Marek Kuzma
8. Advances in X-Ray Diffraction: Implications to the Pharmaceutical Industry 285
Alexandr Jegorov and Michal Huaák
9. Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry as a Tool in Biological Sciences 313
Michaela Vaainová Galiová, Jan Havlia, and Viktor Kanick?
10. Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Metabolism, and New Views of the Microbial World 349
B. Christopher Hoefler and Paul D. Straight
11. Structural Separations for Natural Product Characterization by Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry: Fundamental Theory to Emerging Applications 397
Sarah M. Stow, Nichole M. Lareau, Kelly M. Hines, C. Ruth McNees, Cody R. Goodwin, Brian O. Bachmann, and John A. McLean
12. High-Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Nonribosomal Peptide and Polyketide Analysis 433
Rebecca H. Wills, Manuela Tosin, and Peter B. O'Connor
13. Natural Product Drug Discovery and Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry and Affinity-Based Technologies 475
Evelyn H. Wang and Kevin A. Schug
14. Glycosylated Ribosomally Synthesized Peptide Toxins: Discovery, Characterization, and Applications 507
Gillian E. Norris and Mark L. Patchett
15. Using Ultrahigh-Resolution Mass Spectrometry to Unravel the Chemical Space of Complex Natural Product Mixtures 545
Constanze Müller, Mourad Harir, Norbert Hertkorn, Basem Kanawati, Dimitrios Tziotis, and Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
16. Functional Amyloid Fibrils: Lessons from Microbes 571
Sally L. Gras and Dennis Claessen
Index 601
