Chemistry and Commercialisation. Natural Products and their Exploitation. From Woad to Marine Harvests
摘要
Developments in the exploitation of knowledge of chemistry and the spread of technology in Europe through trade routes (linking societies), links between institutions (universities) and individuals. The development of the Hanseatic League as a way of acquiring wealth but also spreading expertise and technology. Redox chemistry and woad. The landscape of Norfolk—irrigation, peat and ports. The preservation and deterioration of material in peat bogs. The influence of pH, aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Land-based and marine harvests. Secondary metabolites from plants and microbes and biological activity. Medicinal chemistry and quorum sensing (and quenching). Deleterious effects of marine toxins. The production and benefits of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs).