The Biological Activity of Phytochemicals

This is the first volume to be published under a new series agreement for Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, co-published with the Phytochemical Society of North America.

List of contents

Preface to Recent Advances in Phytochemistry 20101. The pursuit of potent anti-influenza activity from the Antarctic red marine alga Gigartina skottsbergii2. Ginsenosides: Phytoanticipins or Host Recognition Factors?3. Fractionation of grape seed proanthocyanidins for bioactivity assessment4. Coloring Soybeans with Anthocyanins?5. Pharmacogenetics in Potential Herb-Drug Interactions: Effects of Ginseng on CYP3A4 and CYP2C9 Allelic Variants6. Biosynthesis and Function of Citrus Glycosylated Flavonoids7. Ginsenoside Variation Within and Between Ontario Ginseng Landraces: Relating Phytochemistry to Biological Activity8. Heat, Color and Flavor Compounds in Capsicum Fruit9. Fungal attack and cruciferous defenses: tricking plant pathogens10. Glucosinolate degradation products in fermented meadowfoam seed meal and their herbicidal activities11. Elucidating the metabolism of plant terpene volatiles: Alternative tools for engineering plant defenses?12. Stereoselectivity of the biosynthesis of norlignans and related compounds

Summary

This is the first volume to be published under a new series agreement for Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, co-published with the Phytochemical Society of North America.

Product details

• Assisted by: David Gang (Editor), David R Gang (Editor), Davi R Gang (Editor), David R Gang (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2012
• EAN: 9781461427063
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-2706-3
• No. of pages: 214
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 13 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 353 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 214 p.
• Series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry; Recent Advances in Phytochemistry
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; B, Plant Ecology, Biomedical and Life Sciences