Ebook: Phytochemical Potential of Tropical Plants
Author: J. David Phillipson Colin W. Wright (auth.) Kelsey R. Downum John T. Romeo Helen A. Stafford (eds.)
- Tags: Biochemistry general, Plant Sciences
- Series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry 27
- Year: 1993
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Throughout the tropics, vast areas of rainforest and other biologically diverse lands are being cleared for agricultural or related uses. Rainforests, the most dramatic example of tropical habitat destrucLion, are estimated to be disappearing at the rate of up to 20.4 million hectares per year world-wide (based on FAO estimates; see World Resources 1990-1991, Oxford University Press) more than 2% of the total area covered by tropical rainforests per year. Destruction of these complex habitats results in the irreversible loss of both plant and animal diversity, and dramatically illustraLes the need to investigate these threatened species for potentially useful constituents-especially the identification and characterization of novel biologically-active phytochemicals with pharmacologiical and/or pesticidal properties. This volume is based on papers presented by invited speakers at an international symposium entitled "Phytochemical POlential of Tropical Plants: held in conjunction with the second joint meeting of the Phytochemical nd Societies of Europe and North America, as well as the 32 annual meeting of the latter society. The meeting was held at the Deauville Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA from August 8-12,1992. One hundred and twenty-five participants from more than 20 countries attended this meeting.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Tropical Plants as Sources of Antiprotozoal Agents....Pages 1-40
Chemical Studies and Biological Aspects of Some Mexican Plants used in Traditional Medicine....Pages 41-64
Chemical and Biological Extractives of Lauraceae Species in Costa Rican Tropical Forests....Pages 65-87
Zoopharmacognosy: The Use of Medicinal Plants by Animals....Pages 89-105
Insecticides in Tropical Plants with Non-Neurotoxic Modes of Action....Pages 107-131
Insect Control Agents from Tropical Plants....Pages 133-151
Phytochemistry and Biological Activity of Metabolites from Tropical Meliaceae....Pages 153-165
Recent Advances in the Acetogenins of Annonaceae....Pages 167-202
Phytochemical Diversity in the Order Rutales....Pages 203-233
Plant Cell Cultures and Synthetic Chemistry—Routes to Clinically Important Compounds....Pages 235-265
Utility of the Phytochemeco Database....Pages 267-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-299
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Tropical Plants as Sources of Antiprotozoal Agents....Pages 1-40
Chemical Studies and Biological Aspects of Some Mexican Plants used in Traditional Medicine....Pages 41-64
Chemical and Biological Extractives of Lauraceae Species in Costa Rican Tropical Forests....Pages 65-87
Zoopharmacognosy: The Use of Medicinal Plants by Animals....Pages 89-105
Insecticides in Tropical Plants with Non-Neurotoxic Modes of Action....Pages 107-131
Insect Control Agents from Tropical Plants....Pages 133-151
Phytochemistry and Biological Activity of Metabolites from Tropical Meliaceae....Pages 153-165
Recent Advances in the Acetogenins of Annonaceae....Pages 167-202
Phytochemical Diversity in the Order Rutales....Pages 203-233
Plant Cell Cultures and Synthetic Chemistry—Routes to Clinically Important Compounds....Pages 235-265
Utility of the Phytochemeco Database....Pages 267-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-299
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