Overview
- Provides structured overview on biosynthesis pathways
- Centered around specific exemplary drugs
- Broadens understanding of the molecular action in plants and the effect in humans
- Offers insight into the function of anti-cancer drugs
- Discusses prospective biotechnological use
Part of the book series: Learning Materials in Biosciences (LMB)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Prof. Dr. rer. nat Angelika Böttger is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Cell Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. She is currently investigating signalling pathways of embryonic development and especially their role in regeneration of the freshwater polyp Hydra. Moreover, she is analysing the enzymes involved in oxygen sensing in animals. She teaches general cell biology and special courses on signal transduction.
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ute C. Vothknecht is Professor of Plant Cell Biology at the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Botany, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Her research focuses on calcium signaling involved in environmental stress response and plant development. Within this context, she especially investigates the function of plant organelles.
Dr. rer. nat. Cordelia Bolle is Scientist and Lecturer at the Department of Plant Molecular Biology/Botany, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. Herresearch aims at elucidating the light-dependent signal transduction in plants especially phytochrome A signaling. She teaches general plant biochemistry and special courses on interactions of plants with their environment.Dr. Alexander Wolf (Ph.D.) is a Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Leader in the Institute of Molecular Toxicology & Pharmacology at the Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health. He is interested in the basic mechanisms of epigenetic regulation via modifications on proteins and nucleic acids, the overall patterns of which can vary due to external stimuli. A central topic of his research is how dysfunction of the epigenetic network can cause severe defects, like cancer.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lessons on Caffeine, Cannabis & Co
Book Subtitle: Plant-derived Drugs and their Interaction with Human Receptors
Authors: Angelika Böttger, Ute Vothknecht, Cordelia Bolle, Alexander Wolf
Series Title: Learning Materials in Biosciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99546-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-99545-8Published: 18 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-99546-5Published: 29 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2509-6125
Series E-ISSN: 2509-6133
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 217
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Plant Biochemistry, Science Education, Biotechnology, Cancer Research, Molecular Medicine