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Phytochemicals in Human Health Protection, Nutrition, and Plant Defense

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Editors:
  1. John T. Romeo

    1. University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

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Part of the book series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry (RAPT, volume 33)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Natural Product Drug Discovery and Development

    • Gordon M. Cragg, Michael R. Boyd, Rita Khanna, David J. Newman, Edward A. Sausville
    Pages 1-29

  3. Taxol Biosynthesis

    • Kevin Walker, Rodney Croteau
    Pages 31-50

  4. Role of Lignans in Carcinogenesis

    • Lilian U. Thompson
    Pages 51-65

  5. Toward Engineering the Metabolic Pathways of Cancer-Preventing Lignans in Cereal Grains and Other Crops

    • Michael A. Costa, Zhi-Qiang Xia, Laurence B. Davin, Norman G. Lewis
    Pages 67-87

  6. Simple (Bench-Top) Bioassays and the Isolation of New Chemically Diverse Antitumor and Pesticidal Agents from Higher Plants

    • Jerry L. McLaughlin, Ching-Jer Chang
    Pages 89-132

  7. Molecular Controls for Isoflavonoid Biosynthesis in Relation to Plant and Human Health

    • Richard A. Dixon, Pedro Canovas, Ze-Jian Guo, Xian-Zhi He, Chris Lamb, Fiona McAlister
    Pages 133-159

  8. Medicinal Potential and Biosynthesis of Plant Coumarins

    • Ulrich Matern
    Pages 161-183

  9. Biosynthesis, Biodegradation, and Cellular Localization of Hydrolyzable Tannins

    • Georg G. Gross
    Pages 185-213

  10. The Formation of Heartwood and Its Extractives

    • W. E. Hillis
    Pages 215-253

  11. Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Proanthocyanidins

    • Daneel Ferreira, Hendrik van Rensburg, Elfranco Malan, Johan Coetzee, Reinier J. J. Nel
    Pages 255-288

  12. Astringency and Polyphenol Protein Interactions

    • Edwin Haslam, Michael P. Williamson, Nicola J. Baxter, Adrian J. Charlton
    Pages 289-318

  13. Phytochemistry of Bryophytes

    • Yoshinori Asakawa
    Pages 319-342

  14. Biologically Active Compounds from Buddleja Species

    • Peter J. Houghton, Abraham Y. Mensah
    Pages 343-368

  15. Cyanide in Foods

    • Dirk Selmar
    Pages 369-392

  16. Plant Ecochemicals from the Viewpoint of Plant Defense

    • Junya Mizutani
    Pages 393-420

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 421-432
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

    John T. Romeo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Phytochemicals in Human Health Protection, Nutrition, and Plant Defense

  • Editors: John T. Romeo

  • Series Title: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4689-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46203-0Published: 30 September 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7123-6Published: 03 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-4689-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0079-9920

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-9094

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 432

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences, Pharmacy, Cancer Research

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