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The Role of Databases in Marine Natural Products Research

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Access to suitable databases is essential for the rapid dereplication (assessment of novelty) of crude extracts in natural product research. The efficiency of this dereplication process relies heavily on the interpretation of molecular mass, molecular formula, UV, and NMR spectral data. In this chapter, the availability and the suitability of the available databases for dereplication is critically examined. The chapter concludes with examples of dereplication strategy based on available natural product databases.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

    John Blunt & Murray Munro

  2. Physical Sciences Library, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

    Meg Upjohn

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  1. Facoltà di Farmacia, Dipto. Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università di Napoli, Via Domenico Montesano 49, Napoli, 80131, Italy

    Ernesto Fattorusso

  2. Scripps Inst. Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Gilman Drive 9500, La Jolla, 92093-0213, California, USA

    William H. Gerwick

  3. Facoltà di Farmacia, Dipto. Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università di Napoli, Via Domenico Montesano 49, Napoli, 80131, Italy

    Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati

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Blunt, J., Munro, M., Upjohn, M. (2012). The Role of Databases in Marine Natural Products Research. In: Fattorusso, E., Gerwick, W., Taglialatela-Scafati, O. (eds) Handbook of Marine Natural Products. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3834-0_6

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