Phytochemical Dictionary : A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9780748406203 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 992 str.

J. B. Harborne; Jeffrey B. Harborne

Opis

A vast array of natural organic compounds, the products of primary and secondary meatbolism, occur in plants. The purpose of this dictionary is to provide basic information, including structural formulae on plant constituents, with emphasis on those which are biologically active. This text covers over 3000 substances from phenolics and alkaloids through carbohydrates and plant glycosides to oils and triterpenoids.

Spis treści

GENERAL INTRODUCTION, KEY TO DICTIONARY ENTRIES, PART I Carbohydrates and Lipids, PART II Nitrogen-containing Compounds (excluding Alkaloids), PART III Alkaloids, PART IV Phenolics, PART V Terpenoids, Subject Index, Species Index

O autorze

Basant Puri, Anne Hall, Herbert Baxter, J.B. Harborne, Gerald P. Moss