Lewis / Davin / Munasinghe The Lignan Handbook with CD-ROM

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-64857-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 1044 Seiten

Lignans are aromatic compounds isolated from plants. This handbook presents an authoritative and comprehensive review of lignan chemistry, biochemistry, nomenclature, uses, and occurrence. Lignans are used in a wide variety of industries and this book will appeal to those working in the pulp and paper industries, renewable energy, specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, flavours and fragrances, agriculture and forestry, evolution and ecology. Additionally the book features a comprehensive lignans dictionary section, drawn from the prestigious Dictionary of Natural Products.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, Norman G.

Davin, Laurence B.

Munasinghe, V. Ranjit N.

Roberts, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Nomenclature. Biochemistry and chemistry of lignans. Applications. Pharmacological properties and current status. Flavor and fragrance uses and current status. Current uses of lignins and the potential. Renewable energy. Evolutionary considerations and biological/ecological significance