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Editor(s):
- Alan Crozier
- Michael N. Clifford
- Hiroshi Ashihara
First published:12 October 2006
Print ISBN:9781405125093 |Online ISBN:9780470988558 |DOI:10.1002/9780470988558
Copyright © 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
About this book
many years, driving the development of both analytical chemistry and of new synthetic
reactions and methodologies. The subject is multi-disciplinary with chemists, biochemists
and plant scientists all contributing to our current understanding. In recent years
there has been an upsurge in interest from other disciplines, related to the realisation
that secondary metabolites are dietary components that may have a considerable impact
on human health, and to the development of gene technology that permits modulation
of the contents of desirable and undesirable components.
Plant Secondary
Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet addresses this wider
interest by covering the main groups of natural products from a chemical and biosynthetic
perspective with illustrations of how genetic engineering can be applied to manipulate
levels of secondary metabolites of economic value as well as those of potential importance
in diet and health. These descriptive chapters are augmented by chapters showing where
these products are found in the diet, how they are metabolised and reviewing the evidence
for their beneficial bioactivity.
Reviews
which have been inverstigated for health effects in recent years ... I believe this
book will be of interest to a wide array of readers, including plant biologists, nutritional
biochemists, public health scientists and medical doctors, who need an overview of
natural products and the pathways of their formation." (The Biochemist, 1 February
2012)
"I'd strongly recommend this book for a variety of scientists.
Not only is it up to date, but it is also very readable. The topics are related to
the real world of food science in an effective way. Most scientists (including graduate
students) in areas of study related to chemistry, biology and food science will find
the book of value and a good investment." Chemistry World
"The
information in the book is recent and easy to locate…would serve well as a textbook
for graduate students…as well as a good reference source.” Inform
"Of
great value for botanists looking for basic information about plant chemical compounds."
Folia Geobotanica
Author Bios
Alan Crozier is Professor of Plant Biochemistry and Human Nutrition in the
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow, UK, Mike Clifford
is Professor of Food Safety in the School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences at
the University of Surrey, UK, and Hiroshi Ashihara is Professor of Plant Biochemistry
in the Department of Biology at Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
Contributors
to the book:
Dr Michael H Beale
Dr Kirsten Brandt
Dr Lars P
Christensen
Dr Jennifer L Donovan
Professor Peter J Facchini
Dr
Richard M Faulks
Professor Glenn R Gibson
Dr Andrew J Humphrey
Dr
Indu B Jaganath
Dr Paul A Kroon
Dr David K Liscombe
Dr Claudine
Manach
Dr Serena Marks
Professor Richard Mithen
Dr Michael Saltmarsh
Dr Kieran M Tuohy
Dr Takao Yokota
Dr Katherine G Zulak
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Frontmatter (Pages: i-xii)
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Phenols, Polyphenols and Tannins: An Overview (Pages: 1-24)
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Sulphur‐Containing Compounds (Pages: 25-46)
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Terpenes (Pages: 47-101)
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Alkaloids (Pages: 102-136)
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Acetylenes and Psoralens (Pages: 137-173)
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Functions of the Human Intestinal Flora: The Use of Probiotics and Prebiotics (Pages: 174-207)
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Secondary Metabolites in Fruits, Vegetables, Beverages and Other Plant‐based Dietary Components (Pages: 208-302)
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Absorption and Metabolism of Dietary Plant Secondary Metabolites (Pages: 303-351)
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Index (Pages: 353-372)
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