50 Years of Phytochemistry Research: Volume 43

ISBN-13: 9783319345239 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 159 str.

David Gang

Opis

This 43rd volume of RAP includes a total of seven articles based on talks presented at the 50th Anniversary meeting of the PSNA, which was held at the Fairmont Orchid, in Waikoloa, Hawai'i, USA. These seven Perspectives give a very good picture of the breadth of plant (bio)chemistry research in North America, which is also indicative of the state of the field worldwide. Each of these articles describes the integration of several different approaches to ask and then answer interesting questions regarding the function of interesting plant metabolites, either in the plant itself or in interactions with the environment (natural setting or human health application). Two Perspectives outline very clearly the power of approaching biological questions from a modern, "omics" or systems biology approach. Beale and Ward outline how metabolomics approaches can be brought to bear on plant biosynthetic questions and quickly lead to important advances in our understanding or how plants produce important metabolites. Zandkarimi et al. outline the integration of ion mobility spectrometry into mass spectrometry-based metabolomics investigations and show clearly how powerful those two spectrometric technologies can be when used together. ​

Spis treści

Metabolomics Reveals Hemiterpenoids as New Players in the Carbon-Nitrogen Economy.- Electrospray ionization traveling wave ion mobility spectrometry mass spectrometry for the analysis of plant phenolics: An approach for separation of regioisomers.- Camptothecin production and biosynthesis in plant cell cultures.- Plant Defense Activators:  Application and Prospects in Cereal Crops.- Phytochemicals for Pest Management: Current Advances and Future Opportunities.- Sulfhydryl-reactive phytochemicals as dual activators of transcription factors NRF2 and HSF1.- Chemical and biological mechanisms of phytochemical activation of Nrf2 and importance in disease prevention.   ​

Blurb

The Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA) is a nonprofit scientific organization with membership open to those interested in plant biochemistry, phytochemistry, and the role of plant substances in related disciplines. The PSNA exists to encourage and stimulate research in the chemistry and biochemistry of plant constituents, their effects upon plant and animal physiology and pathology, and their industrial importance and utilization. Annual meetings featuring symposium topics of current general interest and contributed papers by conference participants are held throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico. PSNA meetings provide participants with exposure to cutting-edge research presented by prominent international scientists, but remain intimate enough to allow interaction and collegiality. Recent meetings were previously held jointly with the American Society of Pharmacognasy in St. Pete Beach, FL USA (2010), or held at Towson University, Maryland, USA (2009) and the 50^th Anniversary Meeting of the PSNA at the Fairmont Orchid, Waikaloa, Hawai’i USA (2011). Information about the PSNA, can be found at www.psna-online.org.