Exploitation of microbiological methods for the synthesis of biologically active natural products and analogues

Abstract

The importance of enzyme catalysed reactions in organic synthesis is illustrated by the use of esterases, lipases, and oxidoreductases, for the preparation of important natural products (e.g.leukotrienes, prostaglandins, pheromones) and analogues (e.g.carbocyclic nucleosides) in optically active form. © 1992, IUPAC