Plant-Derived Antimycotics: Current Trends and Future Prospects

ISBN-13: 9781560229261 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 587 str.

Rolf H. G. Schlegel; M. K. Rai

Opis

The first of two dozen chapters introduces the need for new antifungal medicines due to opportunistic fungal infections rising among immunocompromised patients and side-effects of present drugs. Rai (biotechnology, Amravati U., Maharashta U., India); Mares (biology-botany, U. of Ferrara, Italy); and other scientists discuss such topics as improved

Spis treści

• About the Editor
• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Overview: Oxidative Stress and Postharvest Produce
• Active Oxygen Species
• General AOS Activity
• AOS Generation
• Conclusion
• Chapter 2. Postharvest Response of Horticultural Products to Ozone
• Introduction
• Ozone Chemistry
• Physiological Effects on Plants
• Postharvest Use on Fresh Produce
• Conclusion and Topics for Further Research
• Chapter 3. Low Temperature As a Causative Agent of Oxidative Stress in Postharvest Crops
• Introduction
• Chilling Injury
• Low-Temperature Sweetening
• Low-Temperature Stress-Related Quality Defects
• Temperature Preconditioning to Inhibit Low-Temperature Oxidative Stress
• Conclusion
• Issues and Topics for Further Research
• Chapter 4. Effects of Storage Conditions and Postharvest Procedures on Oxidative Stress in Fruits and Vegetables
• Introduction
• Maturity at Harvest
• Storage Duration
• Storage Temperature
• Postharvest Water Loss
• Controlled and Modified Atmospheres
• Ethylene
• Irradiation
• Future Directions
• Chapter 5. Superficial Scald—A Postharvest Oxidative Stress Disorder
• Chemistry of Scald
• Scald and Oxidative Stress Theories
• Ethylene and Scald
• Postharvest Scald Treatments to Control Oxidative Stress
• Conclusion and Future Research Direction
• Chapter 6. Oxidative Stress Affecting Fruit Senescence
• Introduction
• Oxidative Stress
• Factors Affecting Oxidative Stress and Senescence
• Recent Research into Fruit Oxidative Stress
• Conclusion
• Issues for Further Research
• Chapter 7. Antioxidants
• Introduction
• Lipid-Soluble Membrane-Associated Antioxidants
• Water-Soluble Antioxidants
• Enzymatic Antioxidant Systems
• Antioxidants During Postharvest Storage
• Conclusion and Directions for Future Research
• Chapter 8. How Respiring Plant Cells Limit the Production of Active Oxygen Species
• Introduction
• Sites of Active Oxygen Species Production in the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain
• Intracellular Oxygen Concentration
• The Alternative Oxidase
• The Plant Uncoupling Mitochondrial Protein
• Q-Cycle Inhibitors
• The Q Pool
• Conclusion
• Issues and Topics for Future Research
• Chapter 9. Physiological Effects of Oxidative Stress in Relation to Ethylene in Postharvest Produce
• Introduction
• Ethylene Physiology in Postharvest
• Future Directions
• Chapter 10. Genetic Variation and Prospects for Genetic Engineering of Horticultural Crops for Resistance to Oxidative Stress Induced by Postharvest Conditions
• Introduction
• AOS Metabolism
• Senescence, Ripening, and AOS Metabolism
• Chilling Injuries of Fruits and Vegetables
• Genetic Approaches: Are They Feasible?
• Conclusion and Future Research
• Chapter 11. Postharvest Treatments of Control Oxidative Stress in Fruits and Vegetables
• Introduction
• Control of Oxidative Injury Using Antioxidant Dips and Edible Coatings
• Postharvest Treatments to Control Oxidant Injury in Fruits and Vegetables
• Future Directions
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

M.k. Rai, Donatella Mares