Product Description

Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet covers 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 metabolized and reviewing the evidence for their beneficial bioactivity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1417111 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-21
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .97" h x 7.13" w x 9.91" l, 2.14 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

Review
"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

From the Back Cover
Plant secondary metabolites have been a fertile area of chemical investigation for 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.

About the Author
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