Natural products essential resources for human survival

Summary: An ideal text for the natural product scientist looking for new techniques in research, this volume comprises the latest information on natural/plant resources. The comprehensive chapters cover the chemistry and pharmacology of a range of natural products ? from Chinese herbal medicine to tea extracts, microbes to marine sponges, and the latest technologies to enhance the synthesis, isolation and purification of bioactive herbal compounds from these products. Adding additional value to the book are chapters on new tools in information technology that can greatly facilitate the research of natu.

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ISBN: 9812707441 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9789812707444 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 454 p.) : ill.
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Publisher: New Jersey : World Scientific, c2007.

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General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword; Note from the Editors; Phytonutrients -- The Natural Drugs of the Future Tracy Gibbs; Research on the Supercritical CO2 Extraction of Xinyang MaoJian Tea Liu Zhongdong, Yang Jing, Liu Peng, Chen Zhaotan and Meng Qinghua; Applications of RNAi Technology Daina Lim, George W Yip and Boon-Huat Bay; Enhancing Bioactive Molecules in Medicinal Plants M Z Abdin; Biotransformation of Taxanes from Cell Cultures of Taxus sp Jungui Dai, Dean Guo, Masayoshi Ando and Lin Yang; Biotransformation of Terpenes and Steroids by Fungi Paul B Reese
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.