The section on Carbohydrates, Saccharides and Polysaccharides focuses on the biosynthesis of saccharides and their oligomers and polymers, their sources, uses, and modification. The section also covers the chemical synthesis of glycosides.
The Cofactor section is a collection of articles covering the biosynthesis and enzymology of cofactors.
A section on enzymes and enzyme mechanisms covers a very broad range of different classes of enzyme, and discusses their function, mechanisms, inhibition, modeling and discovery.
While the section on Modern Methods in Natural Products Chemistry necessarily overlaps with material in the CMSE module on Analytic Chemistry and Chemometrics, it is distinct in so far it contains a series of articles on analytical, spectroscopic and spectrometric, and crystallographic methods for use in the natural products field. Articles are also presented on bioinformatics, bacterial protein over expression, metabolomics and directed evolution as essential tools for natural products research.
The section on food chemistry contains a series of articles on the chemistry, broadly speaking, of various classes of food and drink, as well as others on the associated areas of flavor and fragrance, taste, and even cannabis.