Medicinal Plants

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-08-100085-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 694 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1256 g

Medicinal Plants: Chemistry, Biology and Omics reviews the phytochemistry, chemotaxonomy, molecular biology, and phylogeny of selected medicinal plant tribes and genera, and their relevance to drug efficacy.

Medicinal plants provide a myriad of pharmaceutically active components, which have been commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine and worldwide for thousands of years. Increasing interest in plant-based medicinal resources has led to additional discoveries of many novel compounds, in various angiosperm and gymnosperm species, and investigations on their chemotaxonomy, molecular phylogeny and pharmacology.

Chapters in this book explore the interrelationship within traditional Chinese medicinal plant groups and between Chinese species and species outside of China. Chapters also discuss the incongruence between chemotaxonomy and molecular phylogeny, concluding with chapters on systems biology and "-omics� technologies (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics), and how they will play an increasingly important role in future pharmaceutical research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Da, Hao

Hao, Da-Cheng

Gu, Xiao Jie

Xiao, Pei Gen

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Pharmazeutische Chemie, Medizinische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Biochemie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface
- Chapter 1 Chemotaxonomy: a phylogeny-based approach
- Chapter 2 High-throughput sequencing in medicinal plant transcriptome studies
- Chapter 3 Taxus medicinal resources: a comprehensive study
- Chapter 4 Phytochemical and biological research of Chelidonieae pharmaceutical resources
- Chapter 5 Chemical and biological studies of Aconitum pharmaceutical resources
- Chapter 6 Chemical and biological studies of Cimicifugeae pharmaceutical resources
- Chapter 7 Chemical and biological research of Clematis medicinal resources
- Chapter 8 Potentilla and Rubus medicinal plants: potential non-Camellia tea resources
- Chapter 9 Phytochemistry and biology of Ilex pharmaceutical resources
- Chapter 10 Phytochemical and biological research of Fritillaria medicinal resources
- References
- Keyword index

Über Autor(innen)

Hao, Da-Cheng
Da-Cheng Hao is Associate Professor and Primary Investigator at the School of Environment and Chemical Engineering and the Biotechnology Institute, at Dalian Jiaotong University, in Dailan, China. He is a Guest Professor at the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and has published widely in leading journals in the field. Dr Hao is the author of Medicinal Plants, published by Woodhead Publishing in 2015.

Gu, Xiao Jie
Dr. Xiao Jie Gu is a Lecturer at the School of Environment and Chemical Engineering, based at the Biotechnology Institute, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, P.R China.

Xiao, Pei Gen
Professor Pei Gen Xiao is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and the head of Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, based at IMPLAD, CAMS, Beijing, P. R China.