Bioactive Compounds from Plants
1st Edition
Published on 30. April 2008
254 pages
978-0-470-51401-6 (ISBN)
Description
Useful throughout history for their medical as well as other benefits, plant-derived compounds have gained particular importance recently, due to environmental factors. The isolation and characterization of plant products, the identification of their role in the plant, and ways of synthesizing identical compounds or more potent analogues are covered. Also includes methods of culturing plant tissues and genetic engineering as a means of increasing the yield of desired substances from plants. Special emphasis is placed on plants previously unknown to Western scientists.
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Derek J. Chadwick and Joan Marsh are editors for Bioactive Compounds from Plants and other scientific titles.
Content
Partial table of contents:
The Role of Ethnopharmacology in Drug Development (N.Farnsworth).
Ethnopharmacology and the Search for New Drugs (P. Cox).
Naturally Occurring Cyclohexene Epoxides Revisited (C.Mahidol).
Role of Secondary Metabolites in Chemical Defense Mechanisms inPlants (J. Harborne).
An Economic and Technical Assessment of the Use of Plant CellCultures for Natural Product Synthesis on an Industrial Scale (M.Fowler, et al.).
Opportunities for Bioactive Compounds in Transgenic Plants (T.Hall, et al.).
Compounds from Plants that Regulate or Participate in DiseaseResistance (J. Kuć).
Index of Contributors.
Subject Index.
