Molecules 2011, 16(3), 2672-2687; doi:10.3390/molecules16032672
Review

Challenges and Perspectives of Chemical Biology, a Successful Multidisciplinary Field of Natural Sciences

Fernando A. Rojas-Ruiz 1 email, Leonor Y. Vargas-Méndez 2 email and Vladimir V. Kouznetsov 1,* email
1 Laboratorio de Química Orgánica y Biomolecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia 2 Grupo de Investigaciones Ambientales, Facultad de Química Ambiental, Universidad Santo Tomás, A. A. 1076, Bucaramanga, Colombia
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 9 February 2011; in revised form: 9 March 2011 / Accepted: 15 March 2011 / Published: 23 March 2011
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diversity Oriented Synthesis)
PDF Full-text Download PDF Full-Text [701 KB, uploaded 23 March 2011 08:58 CET]
Abstract: Objects, goals, and main methods as well as perspectives of chemical biology are discussed. This review is focused on the fundamental aspects of this emerging field of life sciences: chemical space, the small molecule library and chemical sensibilization (small molecule microassays).
Keywords: chemical biology; small molecule library; chemical sensibilization

Article Statistics

Click here to load and display the download statistics.

Cite This Article

MDPI and ACS Style

Rojas-Ruiz, F.A.; Vargas-Méndez, L.Y.; Kouznetsov, V.V. Challenges and Perspectives of Chemical Biology, a Successful Multidisciplinary Field of Natural Sciences. Molecules 2011, 16, 2672-2687.

AMA Style

Rojas-Ruiz FA, Vargas-Méndez LY, Kouznetsov VV. Challenges and Perspectives of Chemical Biology, a Successful Multidisciplinary Field of Natural Sciences. Molecules. 2011; 16(3):2672-2687.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Rojas-Ruiz, Fernando A.; Vargas-Méndez, Leonor Y.; Kouznetsov, Vladimir V. 2011. "Challenges and Perspectives of Chemical Biology, a Successful Multidisciplinary Field of Natural Sciences." Molecules 16, no. 3: 2672-2687.

Molecules EISSN 1420-3049 Published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland RSS E-Mail Table of Contents Alert