Phytochemicals - Biosynthesis, Function and Application
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"For the scientist or professional with an interest in plants and their phytochemicals, this is a highly interesting read and resource. . it brings together information on the environmental side of phytochemistry with the biosynthesis and finally the application-a rare combination of information." (Kerry Hughes, UK Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biosciences, Vol. 4 (1), 2016)
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Chapter 1: Soybean Seed Isoflavonoids: Biosynthesis and Regulation - Mehran Dastmalchi and Sangeeta Dhaubhadel.- Chapter 2: Biosynthesis of Natural Products in Plants by Fungal Endophytes with an Emphasis on Swainsonine - Daniel Cook, Dale R. Gardner, James A. Pfister and Daniel Grum.- Chapter 3: Lectins from Medicinal Plants: Bioeffectors with Diverse Activities - Alexander V. Timoshenko, Irina V. Gorudko and Hans-Joachim Gabius.- Chapter 4: Bioactive Phytochemicals from Canadian Boreal Forest Species Used Traditionally by Eastern James Bay Cree Aboriginals to Treat Diabetes Mellitus - Jose A Guerrero-Analco, Asim Muhammad, Ammar Saleem, Louis C. Martineau, Lina Musallam, Hoda M. Eid, Nan Shang, Paleah Black, Alain Currier, Pierre S. Haddad and John T Arnason.- Chapter 5: Bioproducts, Biofuels and Perfumes: Conifer Terpene Synthases and their Potential for Metabolic Engineering - Philipp Zerbe and Jörg Bohlmann.- Chapter 6: Engineering Elevated Vitamin C in Plants to Improve their Nutritional Content, Growth and Tolerance to Abiotic Stress - Katherine A Lisko, Siddique I Aboobucker, Raquel Torres and Argelia Lorence.- Chapter 7: Evaluating the Phytochemical Potential of Camelina - an Emerging New Crop of Old World Origin - Mark A. Berhow, Steven F. Vaughn, Bryan Moser, Deniz Belenli and Umit Polat.- Chapter 8: Analysis of ß-Methylamino-Alanine in Environmental and Food Samples - W. Broc Glover and Susan J. Murch.