CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

- BIOTRANSFORMATIONS:

A) USING WHOLE MICROORGANISMS AS A WAY OF KNOWING THE METABOLIC PATHWAYS AND

B) AS A SYNTHETIC STRATEGY FOR OBTAINING ENANTIOMERICALLY PURE COMPOUNDS.

- DITERPENES AS A MODEL FOR NEW DRUGS
- BIOSYNTHETIC STUDIES INCORPORATING LABELLED INTERMEDIATES WITH STABLE ISOTOPES
- NEW DRUGS FROM MARINE MICROORGANISMS
- SYNTHESIS OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES
- PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGAL TOXINS, EVALUATION OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE INFECTION PROCESS PRODUCED BY THE FUNGUS.