Ciba Foundation Symposium 154 - Bioactive Compounds from Plants

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Ciba Foundation Symposium 154 - Bioactive Compounds from Plants

Editor(s): Derek J. Chadwick, Joan Marsh

Published Online: 28 SEP 2007

Print ISBN: 9780471926917

Online ISBN: 9780470514009

DOI: 10.1002/9780470514009

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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.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xi)

    2. Introduction (page 1)

      Alan R. Battersby

    3. The Role of Ethnopharmacology in Drug Development (pages 2–21)

      Norman R. Farnsworth

    4. Ethnobotany and the Identification of Therapeutic Agents from the Rainforest (pages 22–39)

      Michael J. Balick

    5. Ethnopharmacology and the Search for New Drugs (pages 40–55)

      Paul Alan Cox

    6. Some Problems in the Structural Elucidation of Fungal Metabolites (pages 56–65)

      W. Steglich, B. Steffan, T. Eizenhöfer, B. Fugmann, R. Herrmann and J.-D. Klamann

    7. Naturally Occurring Cyclohexene Epoxides Revisited (pages 66–79)

      Chulabhorn Mahidol

    8. Synthesis of Antifeedants for Insects: Novel Behaviour-Modifying Chemicals from Plants (pages 80–98)

      Steven V. Ley

    9. Chemical Synthesis of Bioactive Polyamines from Solanaceous Plants (pages 99–111)

      Adul Thiengchanya, Charoen Eung, Nongluk Tanikkul and Kan Chantrapromma

    10. Plagiarizing Plants: Amino Sugars as a Class of Glycosidase Inhibitors (pages 112–125)

      George W. J. Fleet, Linda E. Fellows and Bryan Winchester

    11. Role of Secondary Metabolites in Chemical Defence Mechanisms in Plants (pages 126–139)

      J. B. Harborne

    12. Phytoalexins as Part of Induced Defence Reactions in Plants: Their Elicitation, Function and Metabolism (pages 140–156)

      W. Barz, W. Bless, G. Börger-Papendorf, W. Gunia, U. Mackenbrock, D. Meier, Ch. Otto and E. Süper

    13. An Economic and Technical Assessment of the Use of Plant Cell Cultures for Natural Product Synthesis on an Industrial Scale (pages 157–176)

      M. W. Fowler, R. C. Cresswell and A. M. Stafford

    14. Opportunities for Bioactive Compounds in Transgenic Plants (pages 177–197)

      Timothy C. Hall, Mauricio M. Bustos, Janice L. Anthony, Li Jun Yang, Claire Domoney and Roderick Casey

    15. Gene Transfer Methods for Plants and Cell Cultures (pages 198–212)

      Ingo Potrykus

    16. Compounds from Plants that Regulate or Participate in Disease Resistance (pages 213–230)

      Joseph Kuć

    17. Summary (pages 231–232)

      Alan R. Battersby

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      Index of Contributors (pages 233–234)

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      Subject Index (pages 235–242)

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