The Flavonoids Advances in Research Since 1986: Advances in Research Since 1986

ISBN-13: 9780412480706 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 676 str.

Heather Harbord; J. B. Harborne; J. B. Harborne

Opis

Flavonoids are a group of natural products isolated from a wide variety of plants, responsible for much of the natural colouring in vascular plants. A single plant may contain up to 50 different flavonoids, and the distribution of flavonoids within a plant family can yield useful classifying information about that family. Flavonoids exhibit a wide range of biological activity and currently are of particular interest in the pharmaceutical industry as potential anti-cancer agents. They find applications in the food industry as natural food colourings and in the analysis of wine, and as insect anti-feedants, which are used as natural insecticides in agrochemistry and crop protection.

Recenzje

"For the researcher in this field the book is an invaluable source of information."
-Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Spis treści

List of contributors, Preface, 1 THE ANTHOCYANINS, 2 FLAVANS AND PROANTHOCYANIDINS, 3 C-GLYCOSYLFLAVONOIDS, 4 BIFLAVONOIDS AND TRIFLAVONOIDS, 5 ISOFLAVONOIDS, 6 NEOFLAVONOIDS, 7 FLAVONES AND FLAVONOLS, 8 FLAVONE AND FLAVONOL GLYCOSIDES, 9 THE MINOR FLAVONOIDS, 10 ‘H NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF FLAVONOIDS AND THEIR GLYCOSIDES IN HEXADEUTERO-DIMETHYLSULFOXIDE, 11 BIOSYNTHESIS OF FLAVONOIDS, 12 GENETICS OF FLAVONOIDS, 13 FLAVONOIDS AND FLOWER COLOUR, 14 FLAVONOIDS AND INSECTS, 15 THE IMPACT OF PLANT FLA VONOIDS ON MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR IMMUNITY, INFLAMMATION AND CANCER, PLANT SPECIES INDEX, SUBJECT INDEX

O autorze

J.B. Harborne