The Biological Activity of Phytochemicals

2011
ISBN: 978-1-4614-2706-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 353 g

Reihe: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry

This is the first volume to be published under a new series agreement for Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, co-published with the Phytochemical Society of North America.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gang, David R

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to Recent Advances in Phytochemistry 2010

1. The pursuit of potent anti-influenza activity from the Antarctic red marine alga Gigartina skottsbergii

2. Ginsenosides: Phytoanticipins or Host Recognition Factors?

3. Fractionation of grape seed proanthocyanidins for bioactivity assessment

4. Coloring Soybeans with Anthocyanins?

5. Pharmacogenetics in Potential Herb-Drug Interactions: Effects of Ginseng on CYP3A4 and CYP2C9 Allelic Variants

6. Biosynthesis and Function of Citrus Glycosylated Flavonoids

7. Ginsenoside Variation Within and Between Ontario Ginseng Landraces: Relating Phytochemistry to Biological Activity

8. Heat, Color and Flavor Compounds in Capsicum Fruit

9. Fungal attack and cruciferous defenses: tricking plant pathogens

10. Glucosinolate degradation products in fermented meadowfoam seed meal and their herbicidal activities

11. Elucidating the metabolism of plant terpene volatiles: Alternative tools for engineering plant defenses?

12. Stereoselectivity of the biosynthesis of norlignans and related compounds