Phytochemical Diversity

A Source of New Industrial Products
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-85404-717-8
Verlag: Royal Society of Chemistry

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Special Publications

While the study of the chemicals produced by plants is arguably one of the oldest of the natural product sciences, current global concerns regarding the disappearance of biodiversity, along with the availability of methodology for systematic genetic manipulation and plant tissue culture, have rekindled industrial interest in phytochemical screening. Phytochemical Diversity gives a comprehensive overview of recent discoveries and developments of new products from plants that have potential utility in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical and cosmetic industries. It covers such areas as high throughput screening approaches for the discovery of novel phytochemicals, ethnobotanical drug discovery, comparisons of the chemical diversity available from plants and other natural sources, and adding value to phytochemicals through microbial biotransformations and synthetic approaches. It is particularly timely in its look at the ramifications of the recent UN Convention on Biological Diversity and its impact on the search for new industrial products from plants. This book provides a single source on developments in phytochemical research, with contributions from both academia to industry, and developing to developed countries, which will prove invaluable to bio-organic chemists, biotechnologists and those involved in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tyman, John

Akiyama, Toshiyuki

Anderson, John

Abel, E

Austin, Peter

Beddie, David

Bethe, Barbara

Bindseil, Kai

Brage De Oliveira, Alaide

Buckingham, John

Cantley, Mark

Carte, Brad

Chang, Ching-jer

Chicarelli-Robinson, Ines

Choudahary, Muhammad

Chrystal, Ewan

Cook, Ian

Cooke, Nigel

Cooper, Ray

Currie, Felicity

Dahiya, Jagroopo

Defuria, M

Erdeimeier, Clemens

Fehr, Theodor

Fowler, Mike

Gibbons, Simon

Gilbert, Benjamin

Godfrey, Chris

Gsell, Laurenz

Gu, Yucheng

Hammond, Kevin

Hanson, James R

Hemalal, Patrick

Holdgrun, Xenia

Holmwood, Graham

Homburg, Friedhelm

Houghton, Peter

Irving, Edward

Kilpert, Claus

Mills, Charles

Hayes, Martin

Chrystal, Ewan J T

Wrigley, Stephen K

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kite, Geoffrey

Lawrence, Nicholas Lawrence

Molleyres, Louis-Pierre

Nash, Robert

O'Neill, Melanie

Pacey, Michael

Parsons, Ian

Wilson, P J

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Screening of Natural Products; Plants and Microbes in Drug Discovery; Bioactivity-Guided Isolation of Phytochemicals; Dictionary of Natural Products; Future Prospects of Gingko biloba Ethnobotanical Approach to Drug Discovery; Modern Science and Traditional Healing; Bioactive Natural Products from Plants; Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis; Industrial Utilisation of Natural Resources; Genetic Resources; Insecticidal Compounds from Plants; Phytochemical Diversity and Drug Discovery; Biotransformations Applied to Plant Chemicals; Terpenoid Biotransformations; Higher Plants; Amazonian Natural Products; Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Abel, E
Professor Abel is an Emeritus Professor at the Uiversity of Exeter.

Cooper, Ray
Dr Ray Cooper was born in the UK, received his BSc and Ph.D. degrees in organic chemistry and after 15 years in R&D in the pharmaceutical industry, he moved to the dietary supplements industry, firstly with Pharmanex. There, he developed novel Traditional Chinese Medicinal (TCM) supplements including Cholestin, Cordymax and Te-Green. He has continued in the Nutraceuticals space contributing to developing innovative products, designing clinical studies, conducting R&D, and regulatory affairs. Currently he is lecturing and writing, and co-founder of PhytoScience LLC, a consulting company creating innovative botanical solutions and products. He has developed dietary supplements, evaluating safety and efficacy of probiotics, herbal remedies, and omega oils from marine and plant sources, and working with issues of marketing, regulatory and patent strategies. He is also a science writer and editor of the J. Alternate and Complementary Medicine. A Fellow of the Royal Chemical Society, UK and Adj. Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he has edited 5 books, most recently, Botanical Medicine: from Bench to Bedside and published over 90 peer reviewed scientific articles.

Hanson, James R
Professor Hanson is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sussex.