Glucosinolates

Informationen zum Autor Prof. Dr. Stanislav Kopriva holds the Chair of Plant Biochemistry at Botanical Institute of the University of Cologne and is a deputy speaker of the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS).

List of contents

1. General Introduction to Glucosinolates
B.A. Halkier
2. Complex Environments Interact with Plant Development to Shape Glucosinolate Profiles
M. Burow
3. Nonlinear Selection and a Blend of Convergent, Divergent and Parallel Evolution Shapes Natural Variation in Glucosinolates
D.J. Kliebenstein and N.I. Cacho
4. Glucosinolate Regulation in a Complex Relationship - MYC and MYB - No One Can Act Without Each Other
H. Frerigmann
5. Glucosinolate Synthesis in the Context of Plant Metabolism
S. Kopriva and T. Gigolashvili
6. Glucosinolate Breakdown
U. Wittstock, E. Kurzbach, A.-M. Herfurth and E.J. Stauber
7. The Function of Glucosinolates and Related Metabolites in Plant Innate Immunity
M. Pastorczyk and P. Bednarek
8. Insect Detoxification of Glucosinolates and Their Hydrolysis Products
V. Jeschke, J. Gershenzon and D.G. Vassão
9. Health Benefits of Glucosinolates
M.H. Traka
10. Glucosinolates - the Agricultural Story
E. Schnug and S. Haneklaus

Product details

• Assisted by: Stanislav Kopriva (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.11.2016, delayed
• EAN: 9780081003275
• ISBN: 978-0-08-100327-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Advances in Botanical Research; Advances in Botanical Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, biochemistry, CARBOHYDRATES, Botany & plant sciences, Botany and plant sciences