Naturally Occurring Bioactive Compounds

by Elsevier Science

Overview

This timely book provides an overview of natural products/botanicals used for the management of insect-pest and diseases. It will help readers to update and widen their knowledge about natural products and their bio-activities against plant pathogens. The volume explores activity, chemistry, toxicity and geographic distribution of plants. Discussions concerning the methodology used for the detection of active principles, their mode of action and commercial prospects are of utmost importance and worthy of note.

• Focuses on recent achievements in natural bio-actives
• Global coverage of natural products / plants
• Targets the most important issues of natural botanicals/ biocides
• Includes innovative ideas with lucid explanations
• Contains specialized chapters, such as, natural control of multi-drug resistant organisms, anti-salmonella agents, natural house-dust-mite control agents, and naturally occurring anti-insect proteins, etc.
• Covers research on bioactives: From Lab to Field and Field to Market
• Includes eco-friendly and economically viable herbal technology

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080464923
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/25/2006
Series:	ISSN , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	514
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Professor Mahendra Rai is a UGC-Basic Science Research Faculty Fellow and former head of the Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India. Presently, he is a visiting Scientist at the Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland. His areas of expertise include microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology. Currently, his group’s main research interest is green synthesis of metal nanoparticles particularly using fungi and their applications as nanoantimicrobials against pathogenic microbes. Prof. Rai has received several prestigious awards, including the Medini Award by the Government of India. He has been featured in Stanford’s list of the top 2% of scientists in nanoscience.

Table of Contents

Preface List of contributorsNatural compounds as antioxidant and moulting inhibitors can play a role as a model for search of new botanical pesticidesPesticides Based on Plant Essential Oils: From Traditional Practice to CommercializationNatural substrates and Inhibitors of Multidrug Resistant Pumps (MDRs) redefine the plant antimicrobialsRational Design of Multifunctional Anti-Salmonella Agents Based on Natural ProductsRole of Melia azedarach L. (Meliaceae) for the control of insect and acari: Present status and future prospects Bioactivity of Fabaceous Plants Against Food-borne and Plant Pathogens: Potentials and LimitationsScreening of Plants Against Fungi Affecting Crops and Stored FoodsOpportunities and potentials of botanical extracts and products for management of insect pests in cruciferous vegetablesThe Potential for Using Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) Extracts for Pine Weevil Management in Temperate ForestryPlant Allelochemicals in Thrips Control StrategiesImportance of plant secondary metabolites for protection against insects and microbial infectionsNaturally Occurring House Dust Mites Control Agents: Development and CommercializationThe search for plant-derived compounds with antifeedant activityAn overview of the antimicrobial properties of mexican medicinal plantsPromissory botanical repellents/deterrents for managing two key tropical insect pests, the whitefly Bemisia tabaci and the mahogany shootborer Hypsipyla grandellaNaturally occurring anti-insect proteins: Current status and future aspectsAntifungal Natural Products : Assays and Applications