BIOSYNTHESIS

- 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.