Recent Advances in Redox Active Plant and Microbial Products (eBook)

From Basic Chemistry to Widespread Applications in Medicine and Agriculture

Claus Jacob, Gilbert Kirsch, Alan Slusarenko, Paul G. Winyard, Torsten Burkholz (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 2014
XIV, 482 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-94-017-8953-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Nature endows us with a treasure chest of Green Gold full of amazing 'redox-active' substances which interfere with numerous biological processes in our own body, in animals, bacteria, fungi and plants. Whilst such natural products are all around and also in us, we still do not fully understand how these compounds actually work. This book attempts to resolve some of the mysteries and riddles associated with such products. Written by more than thirty international experts from academia and industry, it places a focus on modern developments in this field and considers such natural products from various angles, from their isolation and characterization all along to product development and commercialization. Throughout, the reader will be confronted with modern approaches which enable the efficient identification and isolation of new natural products, help to elucidate their mode(s) of action and permit practical uses in Medicine, Cosmetics, Agriculture, Industry and as functional foods.

Inhalt

1. Introduction2. Sources of redox active secondary metabolites; Agnieszka Bartoszek3. The modern art of identification of natural substances in whole plants (I); Patrick Chaimbault4. A word on redox activity; Torsten Burkholz and Claus Jacob5. Oxidative stress, antioxidants, chemoprevention and beneficial roles of pro-oxidants; Lars-Oliver Klotz6. The French paradox at Tea time: From flavonoids toward synthetic stilbene-based drugs; Oualid Talhi, Diana C.G.A. Pinto, Artur Silva7. Bioreactivity of resveratrol in relation to inflammatory processes; Norbert Latruffe; Alan Lançon, Emeric Limage, Jean-Jacques Michaille8. Treasures along the oligomeric road from flavonoids to polyphenols and tannins; Hadi Ebrahimnejad, Torsten Burkholz and Claus Jacob9. The cellular thiolstat as emerging target of secondary metabolites; Martin Gruhlke, Alan Slusarenko10. Thiosulfinates, organic polysulfanes and related compounds: From an unusual chemistry toward a wealth of potential applications; Ifeanyi D. Nwachukwu, Alan J. Slusarenko11. Beyond glutathione:- Different low molecular weight thiols as mediators of redox regulation and other metabolic functions in lower organisms; Chris Hamilton, Miriam Arbach, Murree Groom12. Garlic based natural “products”: Turning secondary plant metabolites into a commercial success; Awais Anwar, Murree Groom, Miriam Arbach, Chris Hamilton13. Phytol, a chlorophyll component with anti-inflammatory properties; Peter Olofsson, Malin Hultqvist, Lars I. Hellgren and Rikard Holmdahl 14. Recent advances in molecular genetics of furanocoumarin synthesis in higher plants; Frédéric Bourgaud, Alexandre Olry, Alain Hehn15. Natural products molten together: Towards multifunctional hybrid molecules with specific activities and applications; Gilbert Kirsch Sergio Valente 16. Nanotaxis for antioxidants; Cornelia M. Keck, Rainer H. Müller and Karl-Herbert Schäfer17. Industrial uses of redox active enzymes; Jennifer A. Littlechild, Michail Isupov18. Systemic enzyme therapy – Fact or Fiction?; Peter Meiser, Zhanjie Xu, Gilbert Kirsch and Claus Jacob19. Conclusions and outlook

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.11.2014
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 482 p. 173 illus., 68 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie ► PTA / PKA
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Green Phytoprotectants • Intracellular Thiolstat • Polyphenols • Reactive Sulfur Species • Redox Modulation
• ISBN-10: 94-017-8953-3 / 9401789533
• ISBN-13: 978-94-017-8953-0 / 9789401789530