Alkaloids

Biochemistry, Ecology, and Medicinal Applications
Herausgegeben:Roberts, Margaret F.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Not since the late 1970s has a single work presented the biology of this heterogenous group of secondary alkaloids in such depth. Alkaloids, a unique treatise featuring leaders in the field, presents both the historical use of alkaloids and the latest discoveries in

• the biochemistry of alkaloid production in plants
• alkaloid ecology, including marine invertebrates, animal and plant parasites, and
• alkaloids as antimicrobial and current medicinal use

. Highlights include chapters on the chemical ecology of alkaloids in host-predator interactions, and on the compartmentation of alkaloids synthesis, transport, and storage. Extensive cross-referencing in tabular format makes this volume an excellent reference.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4419-3263-1
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 953g
• ISBN-13: 9781441932631
• ISBN-10: 1441932631
• Artikelnr.: 32135895

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction.- 2 A Short History of Alkaloids.- 3 Alkaloids in Arrow Poisons.- 4 Chemical Taxonomy of Alkaloids.- 5 Enzymology of Alkaloid Biosynthesis.- 6 Genes in Alkaloid Metabolism.- 7 Production of Alkaloids in Plant Cell Culture.- 8 The Biosynthesis of Alkaloids in Root Cultures.- 9 Induction of Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Accumulation in Plants and in Vitro Cultures in Response to Elicitation.- 10 Compartmentation of Alkaloid Synthesis, Transport, and Storage.- 11 Chemical Ecology of Alkaloids.- 12 Modes of Action of Alkaloids.- 13 Plant Parasites.- 14 Allelopathy in Plants.- 15 Alkaloids in Animals.- 16 Ecological Significance of Alkaloids from Marine Invertebrates.- 17 Antimicrobially Active Alkaloids.- 18 Utilization of Alkaloids in Modern Medicine.- Subject Index Including Orders, Families, and Common Names.- Index of Alkaloids, Amines, and Other Molecules.- Organism Index.