Total synthesis of mycalol and maltepolide C

This book describes the drug development from marine natural products; the total synthesis of anticancer marine natural product Mycalol and the total synthesis of the proposed structure of Maltepolide C. Natural products play an important role in drug discovery programme and most of the marketed drugs are either natural products or their derivatives. Synthetic organic chemist in academic laboratory around the globe played a major role for the drug development based on marine natural products.