Studies in Natural Product Chemistry 
Subtitle: Stereoselective Synthesis, Part H (Studies in Natural Products Chemistry)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: March 1, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780444893666
Subjects: Organic Chemistry; Stereochemistry; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Organic; Chemistry - General
First sentence: As the result of a broad, routine screening program searching for anthelmintic agents from microbial sources, researchers at Merck &amp; Co. discovered the avermectin family of sixteen-membered-ring macrolide glycosides (Figure 1) in 1976.