Phytochemicals in Human Health Protection, Nutrition, and Plant Defense / Edition 1

by John T. Romeo

Overview

Volume 33 of this excellent series on phytochemistry contains papers p resented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Phytochemical Society of No rth America. Topics fall under the areas of: drug discovery and pathwa y engineering towards new medicinal/neutriceutical targets, roles for polyphenols { biosynthesis and applications, and new chemical prospect s and plant defense.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306462030
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	09/30/1999
Series:	Recent Advances in Phytochemistry , #33
Edition description:	1999
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

1. Natural Product Drug Discovery and Development: The United States National Cancer Institute Role.- 2. Taxol Biosynthesis: A Review of Some Determinant Steps.- 3. Role of Lignans in Carcinogenesis.- 4. Toward Engineering the Metabolic Pathways of Cancer-Preventing Lignans in Cereal Grains and Other Crops.- 5. Simple (Bench-Top) Bioassays and the Isolation of New Chemically Diverse Antitumor and Pesticidal Agents from Higher Plants.- 6. Molecular Controls for Isoflavonoid Biosynthesis in Relation to Plant and Human Health.- 7. Medical Potential and Biosynthesis of Plant Coumarins.- 8. Biosynthesis, Biodegradation, and Cellular Localization of Hydrolyzable Tannins.- 9. The Formation of Heartwood and Its Extractives: An Overview.- 10. Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Proanthocyanidins.- 11. Astringency and Polyphenol Protein Interactions.- 12. Phyhemistry of Bryophytes: Biologically Active Terpenoids and Aromatic Compounds from Liverworts.- 13. Biologically Active Compounds from Buddleja Species.- 14. Cyanide in Foods: Biology of Cyanogenic Glucosides and Related Nutritional Problems.- 15. Plant Ecochemicals from the Viewpoint of Plant Defense.