Biodiversity and natural product diversity / Francesco Pietra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pietra, Francesco, 1933-

Series:

Tetrahedron organic chemistry series ; v. 21.

Tetrahedron organic chemistry series ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity.

Natural products.

Physical Description:

xiv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Pergamon, 2002.

Summary:

This, the most recent contribution to the Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry series, provides an integrated evaluation of the diversity of natural products in relation to biodiversity. The ongoing exploitation of biological resources, while maintaining an effective equilibrium on Earth, depends much on the conservation of biodiversity. To this end, parts one and two focus on biodiversity from all viewpoints, while explaining the link with natural products. The third section concentrates on the molecular-shape level, as a link to ecosystem and biodiversity, while the fourth section tackles actural functionalization, as a link to biodiversity at species level. Part five addresses the diversification of these resources from biotechnology and chemical technology, while the final part is concerned with maintaining natural product diversity on Earth. This volume is primarily addressed to professionals in life sciences (ecologists and biotechnologists), with particular emphasis on those involved in the fields of drug discovery and natural products chemistry.

Contents:

Part I. The concept of biodiversity 1

1.1 Biodiversity at species level 3

1.2 Biodiversity at higher taxonomic levels 4

1.3 Biodiversity at genetic level 4

1.4 Biodiversity at ecosystem level 4

Chapter 2. The course of biodiversity 5

Part II. The relationship between biodiversity and natural product diversity 7

Chapter 3. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and natural products 9

Chapter 4. The problem of unculturable species 11

Chapter 5. Natural product diversity: at which rank? 13

5.1 The molecular rank 13

5.2 The taxonomic and ecological rank 15

Part III. Natural product diversity at ecosystem level 17

Chapter 6. Terrestrial and freshwater biomes 19

6.1 Tropical rain forest, grassland and savanna, scrub and deciduous forest 20

6.1.1 American tropical and subtropical land 22

6.1.2 African tropical and subtropical land 24

6.1.3 Eastern tropical and subtropical land 25

6.2 Temperate grassland, deciduous forest, and chaparral 27

6.3 The taiga and the tundra 33

Chapter 7. The oceans 35

7.1 Zonation of the seas and oceans 35

7.2 Indo-Pacific 40

7.3 Caribbean 50

7.4 Panamanian 52

7.5 Mediterranean 53

7.6 North Pacific 54

7.7 South Pacific 56

7.8 North Atlantic 57

7.9 South Atlantic 58

7.10 Zealandic 58

7.11 Arctic 59

7.12 Antarctic 59

7.13 Internal seas 59

Chapter 8. The widespread distribution of natural products 61

8.1 The widespread distribution of natural products on land 61

8.2 The widespread distribution of natural products in the oceans 66

8.3 Found both on land and in the sea 71

Chapter 9. Terrestrial vs marine natural product diversity 79

Chapter 10. Life under extreme conditions 97

Chapter 11. Graphic analysis of the skeletal diversity and complexity of natural products 99

Part IV. Natural product diversity at functional level 105

Chapter 12. Signaling, defensive, and environmentally relevant metabolites 107

12.1 Recruiting, alarming, and growth stimulating agents 108

12.2 Antifeedant and antimicrobial agents 111

12.3 Toxins and environmentally noxious metabolites 117

12.4 Messengers of biodiversity 125

12.5 Mediators of signals 126

Chapter 13. Exploiting natural product diversity 131

13.1 Food, food additives, and food processing from land and the oceans 131

13.2 Commercial natural drugs and folk medicines 137

13.3 Natural products, derivatives, and extracts in development as drugs 156

13.4 Fragrances and cosmetics 167

13.5 Technological compounds and laboratory tools 172

13.6 Drugs of abuse 197

Part V. Biotechnology and chemical synthesis of natural products 203

Chapter 14. The role of biotechnology 205

14.1 Biotechnology and natural products 206

14.2 Biocatalysis 212

Chapter 15. The role of chemical synthesis 215

Part VI. Threatening and management of natural product diversity 267

Chapter 16. Threatening natural product diversity 269

16.1 Fossil molecules and past natural product diversity 270

16.2 Endangered natural products 274

16.2.1 Threats from farming and urbanization 274

16.2.2 Threats from the introduction of alien species 276

16.2.3 Threats from toxicity, ecotoxicity, and climate changes following industrialization 280

16.2.4 Threats from biotechnology 283

16.2.5 A tentative list of endangered natural products 284

16.3 Our biased view? 297

Chapter 17. Management of natural product diversity 299

17.1 Preserving natural product diversity through the management of living species 300

17.2 Preserving natural product diversity through collections and gene banks 302.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-345) and index.

ISBN:

0080437079

0080437060

OCLC:

49044961