Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture

Herausgegeben:Nigg, H. N.; Seigler, D.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book was tbe result of a symposium beld at tbe American Cbernical Society meeting in Miami Beacb, Florida, September 10-15, 1989. The symposium was jointly sponsored by Tbe Society for Economfc Botany and tbe American Cbernical Society Food and Natural Product sub division. Tbere were five speakers. During tbe social sessions (mostly over drinks in abotel room), it became obvious tbat, regardless of tbe discipline, we were all speaking tbe same language. Yet, prior to tbe symposium, only a few of tbe participants knew one anotber. We decided to expand tbe symposium into a book. The book would, we boped, accomplish for otbers wbat we bad discovered in ourselves. That is, the field of Natural Products is broad, but similar in techniques and approach, ancient but modern, and bas been and continues to be extremely valuable to humankind. We wanted the book to serve as an introductory text for courses and as a reference work for the future. We also determined to include the structure of every chemical in the chapter where it was mentioned so the reader would not have to find the structure somewhere else or to try and deduce the structure from the chemical name. Little did we know what an undertaking these goals would be or the time this would take.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 686g
• ISBN-13: 9781489925862
• ISBN-10: 1489925864
• Artikelnr.: 39939616

Inhaltsangabe

An Historical Perspective of Ancient Poisons.- Plants and Plant Products Used in Mummification.- Plants Used Medically by Indigenous Peoples.- Plants as Sources of Medicinally and Pharmaceutically Important Compounds.- Socio-Economic Poisons: Khat, the Natural Amphetamine.- Antiparasitic Agents from Plants.- Antifungal Compounds from Plants.- Nematicidal Compounds from Plants.- Herbicidal Compounds from Higher Plants.- Insecticidal Compounds from Plants.- Natural Medicines are Natural Pesticides?.- Natural Toxicants in Foods.- Future for Natural Products.- Taxonomic Index.- Chemical Index.