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Phytochemicals in human health protection, nutrition and plant defense
- Title
- Phytochemicals in human health protection, nutrition and plant defense / edited by John T. Romeo.
- Publication
- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1999.
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- Additional Authors
- Romeo, John T.
- Description
- xii, 432 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Recent advances in phytochemistry ; v. 33
- Uniform Title
- Recent advances in phytochemistry ; v. 33.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Natural Product Drug Discovery and Development: The United States National Cancer Institute Role / Gordon M. Cragg, Michael R. Boyd and Rita Khanna / [et al.] -- 2. Taxol Biosynthesis: A Review of Some Determinant Steps / Kevin Walker and Rodney Croteau -- 3. Role of Lignans in Carcinogenesis / Lilian U. Thompson -- 4. Toward Engineering the Metabolic Pathways of Cancer-Preventing Lignans in Cereal Grains and Other Crops / Michael A. Costa, Zhi-Qiang and Laurence B. Davin / [et al.] -- 5. Simple (Bench-Top) Bioassays and the Isolation of New Chemically Diverse Antitumor and Pesticidal Agents from Higher Plants / Jerry L. McLaughlin and Ching-Jer Chang -- 6. Molecular Controls for Isoflavonoid Biosynthesis in Relation to Plant and Human Health / Richard A. Dixon, Pedro Canovas and Ze-Jian Guo / [et al.] -- 7. Medical Potential and Biosynthesis of Plant Coumarins / Ulrich Matern --
- 8. Biosynthesis, Biodegradation, and Cellular Localization of Hydrolyzable Tannins / Georg G. Gross -- 9. The Formation of Heartwood and Its Extractives: An Overview / W. E. Hillis -- 10. Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Proanthocyanidins / Daneel Ferreira, Hendrik van Rensburg and Elfranco Malan / [et al.] -- 11. Astringency and Polyphenol Protein Interactions / Edwin Haslam, Michael P. Williamson and Nicola J. Baxter / [et al.] -- 12. Phytochemistry of Bryophytes: Biologically Active Terpenoids and Aromatic Compounds from Liverworts / Yoshinori Asakawa -- 13. Biologically Active Compounds from Buddleja Species / Peter J. Houghton and Abraham Y. Mensah -- 14. Cyanide in Foods: Biology of Cyanogenic Glucosides and Related Nutritional Problems / Dirk Selmar -- 15. Plant Ecochemicals from the Viewpoint of Plant Defense / Junya Mizutani.
- ISBN
- 0306462036 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 99037365
- OCLC
- 41649706
- ocm41649706
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries