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Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, medicinal plants / Jean Bruneton ; translated by Caroline K. Hatton.

By: Bruneton, Jean.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Paris : Intercept, 1999Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 1119p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 9781898298632; 1898298637.Subject(s): Pharmacognosy | Botanical chemistry | Medicinal plantsDDC classification: 615.321
Contents:
Part 1 Compounds of primary metabolism: Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Amino acids and peptides, proteins and enzymes -- Part 2 Phenolics, shikimates, acetates: Shikimates - phenylpropane derivative-containing drugs -- Polyketides -- Part 3 Terpenoids and steroids -- Part 4 Alkaloids: Generalities -- Alkaloids derived from ornithine and lysine -- Alkaloids derived from nicotinic acid -- Alkaloids derived from phenylalanine and tyrosine -- Alkaloids derived from tryptophan -- Alkaloids derived from anthranilic acid -- Alkaloids derived from histidine -- Terpenoid alkaloids -- Alkaloids with miscellaneous structures -- Purine bases.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Revised and updated for the second edition, this reference volume draws on biosynthetic relationships to describe both the primary and secondary classes of matabolites and the drugs from which they originate.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Compounds of primary metabolism: Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Amino acids and peptides, proteins and enzymes -- Part 2 Phenolics, shikimates, acetates: Shikimates - phenylpropane derivative-containing drugs -- Polyketides -- Part 3 Terpenoids and steroids -- Part 4 Alkaloids: Generalities -- Alkaloids derived from ornithine and lysine -- Alkaloids derived from nicotinic acid -- Alkaloids derived from phenylalanine and tyrosine -- Alkaloids derived from tryptophan -- Alkaloids derived from anthranilic acid -- Alkaloids derived from histidine -- Terpenoid alkaloids -- Alkaloids with miscellaneous structures -- Purine bases.

CIT Module CHEM 8006 - Core reading.