Natural antioxidants and biocides from wild medicinal plants /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicinal plants > Utilization.; Biological pest control agents.; Plant metabolites.; Antioxidants.; Botanical chemistry.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Composition.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Non-food/Non-feed Plant Products.; Alkaloids.; Allelochemicals.; Antimicrobial properties.; Antioxidant properties.; Biological activity.; Chemical composition.; Insecticidal properties.; Medicinal plants.; Peptides.; Pharmacology.; Phytosterols.; Plant composition.; Polyphenols.; Terpenoids.; Electronic books.
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This book provides an up-to-date treatment of antioxidant and biocidal compounds mainly from Latin American plants. New antimicrobials, insecticides and antioxidants are compiled in a single source for the first time based on the research and knowledge of several internationally renowned research gr...

Table of Contents:

• Antioxidant and biocidal activities from natural sources: an overview / Carlos L. Ce<U+00cc><U+00fd>spedes
• Antioxidants from vegetal sources: new research avenues / Edgar Pastene
• Proanthocyanidins in cacao / David Seigler and Reinhard Lieberei
• Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of bioactive compounds in food and plant determination / Jose<U+00cc><U+00fd> Bastias, Claudia Fuentealba, and Ociel Mun<U+00cc><U+0092>oz
• Biocidal metabolites from endophytes that occur in medicinal plants / Mahendra Rai, Dnyaneshwar Rathod, Avinash Ingle, Peter Proksch and Kateryna Kon
• Antioxidant properties of singlet oxygen suppressors / Adjaci F. Uchoa, Divinomar Severino, and Mauricio S. Baptista
• Antioxidant activity and chemical composition of Colombian propolis / Jesu<U+00cc><U+00fd>s H. Gil-Gonza<U+00cc><U+00fd>lez, Diego L. Durango-Restrepo, Benjami<U+00cc><U+00fd>n A. Rojano and Juan C. Mari<U+00cc><U+00fd>n-Loaiza
• Chilean plants as source of polyphenols / Carolina Fredes and Gloria Montenegro
• Antioxidant activity of anacardic acids / Noriyoshi Masuoka, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, and Isao Kubo
• Alkylresorcinols: chemical properties, methods of analysis and potential uses in food, industry, and plant protection / Diego A. Sampietro, Maria M.E. Beliza<U+00cc><U+00fd>n, Giselle R. Apud, Julia<U+00cc><U+00fd>n H. Juarez, Marta A. Vattuone and Ce<U+00cc><U+00fd>sar A.N. Catala<U+00cc><U+00fd>n
• Phytoecdysteroids and related sterols isolated from Mexican cacti: their potential use as natural insecticides / Juan R. Salazar and Carlos L. Ce<U+00cc><U+00fd>spedes
• Zuccagnia punctata Cav.: phytochemistry, traditional uses and pharmacology / Marta A. Vattuone, Jose<U+00cc><U+00fd> R. Sobero<U+00cc><U+00fd>n, Melina A. Sgariglia, Emma N. Quiroga and Diego A. Sampietro
• Insecticidal activity of a South American plant: Hybanthus parviflorus (Violaceae) / Adriana M. Broussalis, Sandra Clemente, and Graciela E. Ferraro
• Natural polymers and their antibacterial activity / Luis Lillo, Julio Alarco<U+00cc><U+00fd>n, Gerardo Cabello, Carlos L. Ce<U+00cc><U+00fd>spedes and Claudia Caro
• Insect growth regulatory, moulting disruption and insecticidal activity of Calceolaria talcana (Calceolariaceae: Scrophulariaceae) and Condalia microphylla Cav. (Rhamnaceae) / Carlos L. Ce<U+00cc><U+00fd>spedes, Evelyn Mun<U+00cc><U+0092>oz, Claudio Lamilla, Sofi<U+00cc><U+00fd>a Catalina Molina and Julio Alarco<U+00cc><U+00fd>n
• Anti-salmonella agents from the Brazilian medicinal plant Tanacetum balsamita and their applications / Isao Kubo, Ken-ichi Fujita, and Kuniyoshi Shimizu
• Photoprotective activity of some Mexican plants / Ana M. Garci<U+00cc><U+00fd>a-Bores, Tzasna<U+00cc><U+00fd> Herna<U+00cc><U+00fd>ndez, Amira R. Arciniegas, Jose<U+00cc><U+00fd> del Carmen Beni<U+00cc><U+00fd>tez, M. Rosario Gonzalez, Manuel Lo<U+00cc><U+00fd>pez, Alfonso Romo de Vivar and Jose<U+00cc><U+00fd> Guillermo Avila.