Glucosinolates

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-08-100327-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Glucosinolates, the latest volume in the Advances in Botanical Research series, presents in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics in the plant sciences, with this edition focusing on glucosinolates. The individual chapters cover all aspects of glucosinolate research from biosynthesis, degradation, regulation, and ecology, to the mechanisms of their health benefits. The chapters are written by the world leaders of glucosinolate research.

Zielgruppe

<p>The book is suitable for specialists in plant secondary metabolism as well as to general biologists and science students and due to its wide scope it might be interesting also to human nutritionists.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kopriva, Stanislav

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. General Introduction to Glucosinolates B.A. Halkier 2. Complex Environments Interact with Plant Development to Shape Glucosinolate Profiles M. Burow 3. Nonlinear Selection and a Blend of Convergent, Divergent and Parallel Evolution Shapes Natural Variation in Glucosinolates D.J. Kliebenstein and N.I. Cacho 4. Glucosinolate Regulation in a Complex Relationship - MYC and MYB - No One Can Act Without Each Other H. Frerigmann 5. Glucosinolate Synthesis in the Context of Plant Metabolism S. Kopriva and T. Gigolashvili 6. Glucosinolate Breakdown U. Wittstock, E. Kurzbach, A.-M. Herfurth and E.J. Stauber 7. The Function of Glucosinolates and Related Metabolites in Plant Innate Immunity M. Pastorczyk and P. Bednarek 8. Insect Detoxification of Glucosinolates and Their Hydrolysis Products V. Jeschke, J. Gershenzon and D.G. Vassão 9. Health Benefits of Glucosinolates M.H. Traka 10. Glucosinolates - the Agricultural Story E. Schnug and S. Haneklaus

Über Autor(innen)

Kopriva, Stanislav
Prof. Dr. Stanislav Kopriva holds the Chair of Plant Biochemistry at Botanical Institute of the University of Cologne and is a deputy speaker of the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS).