| Preface | p. xi |
| Definitions of abbreviations for the charts and tables | p. xiii |
| The concept of biodiversity | p. 1 |
| Defining biodiversity | p. 3 |
| Biodiversity at species level | p. 3 |
| Biodiversity at higher taxonomic levels | p. 4 |
| Biodiversity at genetic level | p. 4 |
| Biodiversity at ecosystem level | p. 4 |
| The course of biodiversity | p. 5 |
| The relationship between biodiversity and natural product diversity | p. 7 |
| Taxonomy, phylogeny, and natural products | p. 9 |
| The problem of unculturable species | p. 11 |
| Natural product diversity: at which rank? | p. 13 |
| The molecular rank | p. 13 |
| The taxonomic and ecological rank | p. 15 |
| Natural product diversity at ecosystem level | p. 17 |
| Terrestrial and freshwater biomes | p. 19 |
| Tropical rain forest, grassland and savanna, scrub and deciduous forest | p. 20 |
| American tropical and subtropical land | p. 22 |
| African tropical and subtropical land | p. 24 |
| Eastern tropical and subtropical land | p. 25 |
| Temperate grassland, deciduous forest, and chaparral | p. 27 |
| The taiga and the tundra | p. 33 |
| The oceans | p. 35 |
| Zonation of the seas and oceans | p. 35 |
| Indo-Pacific | p. 40 |
| Caribbean | p. 50 |
| Panamanian | p. 52 |
| Mediterranean | p. 53 |
| North Pacific | p. 54 |
| South Pacific | p. 56 |
| North Atlantic | p. 57 |
| South Atlantic | p. 58 |
| Zealandic | p. 58 |
| Arctic | p. 59 |
| Antarctic | p. 59 |
| Internal seas | p. 59 |
| The widespread distribution of natural products | p. 61 |
| The widespread distribution of natural products on land | p. 61 |
| The widespread distribution of natural products in the oceans | p. 66 |
| Found both on land and in the sea | p. 71 |
| Terrestrial vs marine natural product diversity | p. 79 |
| Life under extreme conditions | p. 97 |
| Graphic analysis of the skeletal diversity and complexity of natural products | p. 99 |
| Natural product diversity at functional level | p. 105 |
| Signaling, defensive, and environmentally relevant metabolites | p. 107 |
| Recruiting, alarming, and growth stimulating agents | p. 108 |
| Antifeedant and antimicrobial agents | p. 111 |
| Toxins and environmentally noxious metabolites | p. 117 |
| Messengers of biodiversity | p. 125 |
| Mediators of signals | p. 126 |
| Exploiting natural product diversity | p. 131 |
| Food, food additives, and food processing from land and the oceans | p. 131 |
| Commercial natural drugs and folk medicines | p. 137 |
| Natural products, derivatives, and extracts in development as drugs | p. 156 |
| Fragrances and cosmetics | p. 167 |
| Technological compounds and laboratory tools | p. 172 |
| Drugs of abuse | p. 197 |
| Biotechnology and chemical synthesis of natural products | p. 203 |
| The role of biotechnology | p. 205 |
| Biotechnology and natural products | p. 206 |
| Biocatalysis | p. 212 |
| The role of chemical synthesis | p. 215 |
| Threatening and management of natural product diversity | p. 267 |
| Threatening natural product diversity | p. 269 |
| Fossil molecules and past natural product diversity | p. 270 |
| Endangered natural products | p. 274 |
| Threats from farming and urbanization | p. 274 |
| Threats from the introduction of alien species | p. 276 |
| Threats from toxicity, ecotoxicity, and climate changes following industrialization | p. 280 |
| Threats from biotechnology | p. 283 |
| A tentative list of endangered natural products | p. 284 |
| Our biased view? | p. 297 |
| Management of natural product diversity | p. 299 |
| Preserving natural product diversity through the management of living species | p. 300 |
| Preserving natural product diversity through collections and gene banks | p. 302 |
| References | p. 305 |
| Index | p. 347 |
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