Novel plant bioresources : applications in food, medicine and cosmetics /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gurib-Fakim, Ameenah (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
• Θέματα: Plant diversity.; Germplasm resources conservation > Economic aspects.; Germplasm resources, Plant > Economic aspects.; Plant biotechnology.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.; Electronic books.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Title Page; Copyright; List of contributors; Foreword; Part One: Novel Plant Bioresources: Applications in Medicine, Cosmetics, etc.; Chapter 1: Plant Diversity in Addressing Food, Nutrition and Medicinal Needs; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; 1.3 Plant genetic diversity for nutrition; 1.4 Plant diversity for medicines; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2: World Health Organization Perspective for Traditional Medicine; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Policies on traditional medicine; 2.3 Tools and guidelines
• 2.4 Implementation of the regional strategy on traditional medicine2.5 The way forward; 2.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Cultivation of Novel Medicinal Plant Products and Associated Challenges; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Basic principles of novel crop cultivation; 3.3 Case study 1: Pelargonium sidoides; 3.4 Case study 2: Sutherlandia frutescens; 3.5 Case study 3: Euphorbia resinifera; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Further reading; Chapter 4: Enabling Technologies to Facilitate Natural Product-Based Drug Discovery from African Biodiversity; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Enabling-technology platforms
• 4.3 Natural product diversification and drug metabolite generation platform4.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Assessing Biodiversity: A Molecular Approach Using DNA Sequencing; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Taxonomy and evolution; 5.3 Assessing diversity; 5.4 DNA sequencing and barcoding; 5.5 Plant genomics; 5.6 Analysis of marker data; References; Chapter 6: Conservation of Endangered Wild Harvested Medicinal Plants: Use of DNA Barcoding; 6.1 Wild harvested medicinal plants: background and challenges; 6.2 DNA barcoding general; 6.3 DNA barcoding and species delimitation
• 6.4 DNA barcodes for plants6.5 Examples of DNA barcoding of cryptic and prepared plant material; 6.6 Plant DNA authentication, verification and certification; 6.7 Future opportunities and challenges; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7: Market Entry, Standards and Certification; 7.1 Sustainable utilization of indigenous plant products; 7.2 Market entry; 7.3 Certification; 7.4 Developing indigenous plant-based enterprises as viable businesses with developing country communities; Acknowledgements; References; Further reading
• Chapter 8: European Union Market Access Categories and Regulatory Requirements for Novel Natural Products8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Raw materials; 8.3 Finished products; 8.4 Summary; Reference; Further reading; Chapter 9: Nutrition, Health and Food Security: Evidence and Priority Actions; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Well-being and nutrition; 9.3 Traditional food cultures; 9.4 Nutrition in pregnancy and infancy; 9.5 Health and nutrition education is central for development; 9.6 Research and development; 9.7 Role of agricultural growth on reducing poverty, hunger and malnutrition; 9.8 Concluding remarks