Biodiversity, natural products and cancer treatment / edited by Victor Kuete, Thomas Efferth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuete, Victor, editor.

Efferth, Thomas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer pain--Treatment.

Cancer pain.

Biological products--Therapeutic use.

Biological products.

Cancer pain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first of its kind in bringing together biodiversity, chemical ecology, phytochemistry and cancer therapy. The highlight of the book is an exhaustive compilation of scientific data on biodiversity of medicinal plants, biodiversity and metagenomics, chemical ecology of medicinal plants, chemical ecology of marine organisms, natural products from terrestrial microbial organisms with activity towards cancer cells, marine organisms, ethnopharmacology and phytotherapy, contribution of African flora in world fight against cancer, natural products derived from terrestrial plants with

Contents:

Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; 1. BIODIVERSITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CLASSIFICATION OF BIODIVERSITY; 2.1. Genetic Diversity; 2.2. Species Diversity; 2.3. Ecosystem Diversity; 3. BENEFITS OF BIODIVERSITY; 3.1. Chemical Substances from Nature; 3.1.1. Definition; 3.1.2. Advantages and disadvantages of natural products over synthetic substances; 3.1.3. Examples of drugs from nature; 3.1.4. Methods for discovering bioactive natural substances; 3.2. Potential Contribution of Biodiversity to Biotechnological Innovations

3.2.1. Collecting genetic material to identify new organisms3.2.2. Analysis of genetic material; 3.2.3. DNA databases; 3.2.4. Biocatalytic processes; 3.2.5. Biofuels; 3.3. Impact of Biodiversity Related to Food Products and Nutrition; 3.3.1. Evolution, breeding and genetic erosion; 3.3.2. The importance of agro-biodiversity; 4. LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY; 5. CONSEQUENCES; 6. BIODIVERSITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS; 6.1. Procedure for the Production of Herbal Drugs and their Components; 6.2. Measuring Biodiversity; 6.2.1. Identification of medicinal plants by morphology

6.2.2. Identification of medicinal plants by chemotaxonomy6.2.3. DNA-based authentication of medicinal plants; 6.3. Geographical Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants; 6.3.1. Medicinal plants of America; 6.3.2. Medicinal plants of Africa; 6.3.3. Medicinal plants of Asia; 6.3.4. Medicinal plants of Australia; 6.3.5. Medicinal plants of Europe; 6.4. Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Cancer; REFERENCES; 2. BIODIVERSITY AND METAGENOMICS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. Evolution and the Phylogenetic Tree of Life; 1.2. What is Metagenomics?

2. METAGENOMIC INSIGHTS INTO ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES2.1. Metagenomic Combination of Phylogenetics and Function within Species; 2.2. Metagenomic Determination of Phylogenetics and Function of Entire Microbial Communities; 2.3. Biodiversity and Global Impact of Marine Microbes; 2.4. The Complexity of Analyzing Soil Metagenomics; 2.5. Microbial Communities in the Human Body; 2.6. Comparative Metagenomics; 3. REFORMULATION OF THE NICHE AND CONCEPT OF SPECIES IN THE CONTEXT OF METAGENOMICS; 4. METAGENOMIC LIBRARIES; 4.1. Construction of Metagenomic Libraries

4.2. Screening of Metagenomic Libraries4.3. From Sequencing to Sequence Analysis; 5. METAGENOMICS IN INDUSTRY: DISCOVERY OF NOVEL BIOCATALYSTS AND ANTIBIOTICS; 6. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 3. CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. A GLANCE AT HISTORICAL METHODS AND THEORIES; 3. PLANT DEFENSE MECHANISMS; 3.1. Plant-Plant Interactions; 3.2. Defense Mechanisms of Plants against Herbivores; 3.3. Induction of Plant Defenses and Signal Transduction; 3.4. Interactions between Fungi and Plants; 3.5. Pollinator Correlation with Plants; 4. DEFENSIVE AGENTS

5. THE CHALLENGE OF DEFENSE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-4583-51-0