Biodiversity: Biomolecular Aspects of Biodiversity and Innovative Utilization

ISBN-13: 9780306474774 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 412 str.

Bilge Sener; Bilge Sener

Opis

From the proceedings of the 3rd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity (ICOB-3), November 3-8, 2001, Antalya, Turkey, this book discusses the value of bio-resources and the need for their conservation in terms of the biomolecular chemistry of naturally occurring molecular systems. The development of pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial products from bioresources can be used to promote incentives for conservation by providing an economic return to sustainable use of those sources. The 54 chapters inform readers on the search for insight into the species and documents how much of life remains to be scientifically identified. They also explore identification strategies and methods along with the implications for protecting biodiversity. In summary, biomolecular aspects of biodiversity and innovative utilization of bioresources are discussed from very diverse points of view ranging from their botanical, zoological, taxonomic and genomic expressions to their biomolecular, structural, mechanistic and functional aspects.

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1. Integration of Conservation and Utilization in Temperate Hardwood Species; J. Kleinschmit, J.R.G. Kleinschmit. 2. The Conservation of Genetic and Chemical Diversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; V.H. Heywood. 3. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Wild Relatives of Crop Species; Bao-Rong Lu. 4. Perspectives on Human Genome Diversity within Pakistan Using Y Chromosomal and Autosomal Microsatellite Markers; S.Q. Mehdi, et al. 5. Lessons from Nature Show the Way to Safe and Environmentally Pacific Pest Control; W.S. Bowers. 6. Biodiversity of Soil Fauna in Different Ecosystems in Egypt with Particular References to Insect Predators; A. Khalek, M. Hussein. 7. Optimization of Natural Procedures Leads: Discovery of Mylotarg®, CCI-779 and GAR 936; M. Abou-Gharbia. 8. Bioactive Compunds from Some Endangered Plants of Africa; B.M. Abegaz, J. Mutanyatta. 9. New Bioactive Substances Reported from the African Flora; E. Dagne. 10. Bioactive Components of a Peruvian Herbal Medicine, Chucuhuasi (Maytenus amazonica); E. Okuyama, et al. 11. Discovery of Natural Products from Indonesian Tropical Rainforest Plants: Chemodiversity of Artocarpus (Moraceae); S. Arifin Achmad, et al. 12. Seminal Findings on a Novel Enzyme: Mechanism of Biochemical Action of 4-Methylcoumarins, Constituents of Medicinal and Edible Plants; V.S. Parmar, et al. 13. Medicinal Plants - A Source of Potential Chemicals of Diverse Structures and Biological Activity; B.S. Siddiqui, et al. 14. Biodiversity in Turkish Folk Medicine; E. Yeşilada. 15. Biodiversity of Phenylethanoids Glycosides; İ. Ccedilalış. 16. The Chemo- and Biodiversity of Endophytes; Ren Xiang Tan, Ren Xin Zou. 17. Molecular Diversity and Specificity of Arthropod Toxins; E.V. Grishin, et al. 18. Chemical Diversity of Coral Reef Organisms; T. Higa, et al. 19. Chemical Signals from Sponges and their Allelopathic Effects on Other Marine Animals; M.J. Garson. 20. Anti-Cancer Metabolites from Marine Sponges; D. Taşdemir. 21. Altitudinal and Latitudinal Diversity on the Flora on Eastern and Western Sides of the Red Sea; A.K. Hegazy, W.M. Amer. 22. Biodiversity and Free Market Mechanism; K. Ok. 23. Domestication and Determination of Yield and Quality Aspects of Wild Mentha Species Growing in Southern Turkey; M. Özgüven, et al. 24. Some Ornamental Geophytes from the East Anatolia; M. Koyuncu. 25. Bioactive Molecules from Cynodon dactylon of Indian Biodiversity; N. Raman, et al. 26. Phenylethanoid Glycosides Glycosides with Free Radical Scavenging Properties from Verbascum wiedemannianum; İ. Çalış, et al. 27. Antioxidant Activity of Capsicum annum L. Fruit Extracts on Acetaminophen Toxicity; B. Eryilmaz, et al. 28. In Vitro Antileishmanial Activity of Proanthocyanidins and Related Compounds; H. Kolodziej, et al. 29. Evaluation of the Antileishmanial Activity of Two New Diterpenoids and Extracts From Salvia cilicica; Nur Tan, et al. 30. Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Sedum sartorianum subsp. sartorianum; M. Koray Sakar, et al. 31. Blood Pressure Lowering Activity of Active Principle from Ocimum basilicum; K. Aftab. 32. Chemical Variability in Azadirachta indica Growing in Tamil Nadu State of India; N. Kaushik, B. Gurdev Singh. 33. Pesticidal Activity of Eucalyptus Leaf Extracts Against Helicoverpa armigera Larvae; N. Kaushik. 34. Two New Lignans from Taxus baccata L.; N. Erdemoğlu, B. Şener. 35. Lignans from Taxus baccata L.; N. Erdemoğlu, B. Şener. 36. Heraclenol and Isopimpinellin: Two Rare Furocoumarins from Ruta montana; N. Benkiki, et al. 37. A chemotaxonomic study on the genus Ferulago sect. Humiles (Umbelliferae); E. Akalin, et al. 38. Aromatic Biodiversity Among Three Endemic Thymus Species of Iran; S. Ebrahim Sajjadi. 39. Volatile onstituents of the Leaves of Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Willd. from Iran; A. Alighanadi (Ghannadi), M. Mehri-Ardestani. 40. Fatty Acid Composition of the Aer