The Biological Activity of Phytochemicals [Paperback]

This is the first volume to be published under a new series agreement for Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, co-published with the Phytochemical Society of North America.

This is the first volume to be published under a new series agreement for Recent Advances in Phytochemistry. It provides a good picture of the state of plant (bio) chemistry research in North America, which is indicative of the state of the field worldwide.

Preface to Recent Advances in Phytochemistry 20101. The pursuit of potent anti-influenza activity from the Antarctic red marine alga Gigartina skottsbergii2. Ginsenosides: Phytoanticipins or Host Recognition Factors?3. Fractionation of grape seed proanthocyanidins for bioactivity assessment4. Coloring Soybeans with Anthocyanins?5. Pharmacogenetics in Potential Herb-Drug Interactions: Effects of Ginseng on CYP3A4 and CYP2C9 Allelic Variants6. Biosynthesis and Function of Citrus Glycosylated Flavonoids7. Ginsenoside Variation Within and Between Ontario Ginseng Landraces: Relating Phytochemistry to Biological Activity8. Heat, Color and Flavor Compounds in Capsicum Fruit9. Fungal attack and cruciferous defenses: tricking plant pathogens10. Glucosinolate degradation products in fermented meadowfoam seed meal and their herbicidal activities11. Elucidating the metabolism of plant terpene volatiles: Alternative tools for engineering plant defenses?12. Stereoselectivity of the biosynthesis of norlignans and related compoundsThis 41st volume of RAP includes a total of twelve articles, all based on talks presented at the 49th annual meeting of the PSNA. These eight Perspectives and four Communications give a very good picture of the state of plant (bio)chemistry research in North America, which is also indicative of the state of the field worldwide. Each of these articles describes the integration of several different approaches to ask and then answer interesting questions regarding the function of interesting plant metal£,