Plant-derived natural products : synthesis, function, and application /

Other Authors: Osbourn, Anne E., Lanzotti, Virginia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York: Springer, c2009
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the different classes of natural products / Karen Springob and Toni M. Kutchan
  • Natural products from seaweeds / Efstathia Ioannou and Vassilios Roussis
  • Use of secondary metabolite variation in crop improvement / Daniel J. Kliebenstein
  • Approaches to the analysis of plant-derived natural products / Lionel Hill and Trevor L. Wang
  • Opportunities and challenges for ethnobotany at the start of the twenty-first century / Monique S.J. Simmonds
  • Introduction to the different classes of biosynthetic enzymes / Luzia V. Modolo, Angelika I. Reichert, and Richard A. Dixon
  • Methods for molecular identification of biosynthetic enzymes in plants / Sarah OʹConnor
  • Regulation of secondary metabolism by jasmonate hormones / Hongtao Zhang and Johan Memelink
  • Metabolite channeling and multi-enzyme complexes / Brenda S.J. Winkel
  • Glycosylation of secondary metabolites and xenobiotics / Fabia?n E. Vaistij .. [et al.]
  • Handling dangerous molecules: transport and compartmentation of plant natural products / Markus Klein and Werner Roos
  • Participation of phytochemicals in plant development and growth / Lucille Pourcel and Erich Grotewold
  • Biological activity of defence-related plant secondary metabolites / John P. Morrissey
  • The role of natural products in plant-microbe interactions / Giuliano Bonanomi, Francesco Vinale, and Felice Scala
  • Role of natural products in nature : plant-insect interactions / Ruth Gordon-Weeks and John A. Pickett
  • Oligosaccharide signalling molecules / Robert A. Field
  • Biological activity of allelochemicals / Franck E. Dayan and Stephen O. Duke
  • Health benefits of dietary plant natural products / Maria Traka and Richard F. Mithen
  • Floral scents and fruit aromas inspired by nature / Florence Negre-Zakharov, Michael C. Long, and Natalia Dudareva
  • Bioengineering / Maxim Itkin and Asaph Aharoni
  • Genome wide approaches in natural product research / Ju?rgen Ehlting .. [et al.]
  • Metabolomics and the detection of unintended effects in genetically modified crops / Laetitia Shintu, Gwe?nae?lle Le Gall, and Ian J. Colquhoun
  • Recent advances in traditional medicines and dietary supplements / Jeevan Prasain and Stephen Barnes
  • Plant-derived natural products as leads for drug discovery / Li Pan, Esperanza J. Carcache de Blanco, and A. Douglas Kinghorn
  • Speciality non-food crops / Adrian P. Higson and Alison Hamer.