Overview
- Provides both reviews and primary research articles for a broad audience of biologists, chemists, biochemists, pharmacologists, clinicians and nutrition experts
- Comprised of materials solicited from prominent members of the Phytochemical Society of North America, based on the content of presentations at the annual meeting
- Analyzes the integration of several different approaches to ask and then answer key questions regarding the function of interesting plant metabolites, either in the plant itself or in chemical ecology or human health application
Part of the book series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry (RAPT, volume 45)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This text provides both review and primary research articles for a broad audience of biologists, chemists, biochemists, pharmacologists, clinicians and nutrition experts, especially those interested in the biosynthesis, structure, function and/or bioactivity of plant natural products. Recurring themes include the evolution and ecology of specialized metabolites, the genetic and enzymatic mechanisms for their formation and metabolism, the systems biology study of their cell/tissue/organ context, the engineering of plant natural products, as well as various aspects of their application for human health.
In addition to analysis of current research, new developments in the techniques used to study plant natural products are presented and discussed, taking a detailed look at structure elucidation and quantification, “omic” (genomic/ proteomic/ transcriptomic/ metabolomics) profiling or for microscopic localization. In short, this series combines chapters from researchers that explain and discuss current topics in the most exciting new research in phytochemistry.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Reinhard Jetter currently serves as a professor in the Department of Botany and Chemistry for the University of British Columbia. His research interests include plant biochemistry, molecular biology, and the chemical composition, physiological function and ecological roles of plant surface lipids.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Formation, Structure and Activity of Phytochemicals
Editors: Reinhard Jetter
Series Title: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20397-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20396-6Published: 12 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37397-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20397-3Published: 29 September 2015
Series ISSN: 0079-9920
Series E-ISSN: 2211-9094
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 209
Topics: Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Ecology, Plant Biochemistry