Chemistry of Natural Compounds - M342004
Title: Chemie přírodních látek
Guaranteed by: Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds (342)
Faculty: Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology
Actual: from 2025 to 2025
Semester: winter
Points: winter s.:3
E-Credits: winter s.:3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
Qualifications:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Staněk Jan doc. RNDr. CSc.
Jurášek Michal Ing. Ph.D.
Interchangeability : N342006
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Annotation -
The course introduces basic and structurally derived groups of natural substances, their properties, reactions, occurrence and function in nature, including living organisms. It also explains basic concepts related to the structure of molecules, their stereochemistry and chirality, including the relationship between the structure of a substance and its biological activity. The course also deals with the biosynthesis of important types of natural substances and enzyme and biomimetic reactions. Emphasis is placed on the medical significance of the described natural substances.
Last update: Jurášek Michal (05.05.2025)
Literature -

R: McMurry J.: Organic chemistry, 8th Ed., Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2012, 9780840054449

Last update: Kubová Petra (19.12.2017)
Syllabus -

1. Secondary metabolism

2. Acetate pathway

3. Shikimate pathway

4. Mevalonate and methylerythritol pathways

5. Alkaloids

6. Proteins and peptides

7. Carbohydrates

Last update: Jurášek Michal (05.05.2025)
Learning resources -

Lecture notes

Last update: Jurášek Michal (05.05.2025)
Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to:

Classify natural substances into individual structural classes.

Describe the structure, properties and reactions of individual classes of natural substances and their biogenesis.

Describe the relationships between structure and reactivity.

Illustrate the reaction mechanisms of basic types of reactions.

Characterize the medicinal importance of natural substances.

Last update: Jurášek Michal (05.05.2025)
Registration requirements -

Organic Chemistry I or Organic Chemistry A or Bioorganic Chemistry of Natural Substances, Biochemistry I and II, Microbiology

Last update: Jurášek Michal (05.05.2025)