A review on two classes of chemicals of ecological importance: the natural chemicals in the biosphere and man-made chemicals

A review of the two classes of chemicals of ecological importance: (1) the natural chemicals that are involved in regulating and mediating natural inter-species and inter-organismal interactions in the biosphere; (2) man-made chemicals that are involved in chemical pollution of the environment.

This is a short review publication based on the book published by the same author. The reference for the book is:
S.A.Ostroumov. Introduction to Biochemical Ecology. Moscow University Press. Moscow, 1986, 176 p. (in Russian). The book was translated into Polish and published in Poland. The reference for the Polish edition:
Ostroumow S. A. Wprowadzenie do ekologii biochemicznej. [Introduction to Biochemical Ecology] Warszawa, Publishers: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1992. 205 pages, ISBN-13:9788301104542. ISBN-10: 8301104546. http://www.academia.edu/865074/

Reference:
S. A. Ostroumov. Biologically active substances of ecological importance and methodological aspects of the estimation of the biological activity of pollutants. - RUSS. CHEM. REV., 1991, 60 (3), 265–265.
DOI: 10.1070/RC1991v060n03ABEH001051;
http://moscowstate.academia.edu/SergeiOstroumov/Papers/1908804
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