Brazilian Medicinal Plants (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Modolo, Luzia Valentina; Foglio, Mary Ann

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The vast and exciting Brazilian flora biodiversity is still underexplored. Several research groups are devoted to the study of the chemical structure richness found in the different Biomes. This volume presents a comprehensive account of the research collated on natural products produced from Brazilian medicinal plants and focuses on various aspects of the field. The authors describe the key natural products and their extracts with emphasis upon sources, an appreciation of these complex molecules and applications in science. Many of the extracts are today associated with important drugs, nutrition products, beverages, perfumes, cosmetics and pigments, and these are highlighted.

Key Features:

• Presents Brazilian biodiversity: its flora, its people, and its research
• Describes the emergence of natural products research in Brazil
• Emphasizes the increasing global interests in botanical drugs
• Aids the international natural product communities to better understand the herbal resources in Brazil
• Discusses Brazilian legislation to work with native plants

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351604819
• Artikelnr.: 58131281

Autorenporträt

Luzia Valentina Modolo: 2017 - present: Associate Professor of the Department of Botany at UFMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2015 - present: Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Advanced Research 2015 - 2017: Head of the Department of Botany at UFMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2012 - 2014: Guest editor of the Recent Patents on Biotechnology 2011 - 2014: Vice-head of the Department of Botany at UFMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2009 - 2017: Assistant Professor at UFMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mary Ann Foglio: 2015 - Present: Full Professor, UNICAMP, School of Pharmacy, Campinas, Brazil 2002 - 2015: Researcher UNICAMP, CPQBA, Paulinia, Brazil 1987 - 2002: Assistant Researcher UNICAMP, CPQBA, Paulinia, Brazil

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to Book Series
Preface
Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1 Unraveling the Complexities of Brazilian Regulations for
Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicinal Products
Ana Cecília Bezerra Carvalho, Melina Cossote Kumoto, and João Paulo
Silvério Perfeito
Chapter 2 Physico-Chemical Methods for the Quality Control of Medicinal
Plants, Plant Derivatives and Phytomedicines in Brazil
Paula Carolina Pires Bueno and Alberto José Cavalheiro
Chapter 3 The Widening Panorama of Natural Products Chemistry in Brazil
Maria Fátima das Graças Fernandes da Silva, João Batista Fernandes, Moacir
Rossi Forim, Michelli Massaroli da Silva, and Jéssica Cristina Amaral
Chapter 4 Molecular Biology Tools to Boost the Production of Natural
Products: Potential Applications for Brazilian Medicinal Plants
Luzia Valentina Modolo, Samuel Chaves-Silva, Thamara Ferreira da Silva, and
Cristiane Jovelina da-Silva
Chapter 5 Diversity of Endophytes and Biotechnological Potential
Daiani Cristina Savi and Chirlei Glienke
Chapter 6 Environmental Factors Impacting Bioactive Metabolite Accumulation
in Brazilian Medicinal Plants
Camila Fernanda de Oliveira Junkes, Franciele Antonia Neis, Fernanda de
Costa, Anna Carolina Alves Yendo, and Arthur Germano Fett-Neto
Chapter 7 Brazilian Bryophytes and Pteridophytes as Rich Sources of
Medicinal Compounds
Adaíses Simone Maciel-Silva and Lucas Vieira Lima
Chapter 8 Chemical and Functional Properties of Amazonian Fruits
Elaine Pessoa, Josilene Lima Serra, Hervé Rogez, and Sylvain Darnet
Chapter 9 Plant Species from the Atlantic Forest Biome and Their Bioactive
Constituents
Rebeca Previate Medina, Carolina Rabal Biasetto, Lidiane Gaspareto Felippe,
Lilian Cherubin Correia, Marília Valli, Afif Felix Monteiro, Alberto José
Cavalheiro, Ângela Regina Araújo, Ian Castro-Gamboa, Maysa Furlan,
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani, and Dulce Helena Siqueira Silva
Chapter 10 Plants from the Caatinga Biome with Medicinal Properties
Maria da Conceição Ferreira de Oliveira, Mary Anne Sousa Lima, Francisco
Geraldo Barbosa, Jair Mafezoli, Mary Anne Medeiros Bandeira, and Wellyda
Rocha Aguiar
Chapter 11 Natural Products Structures and Analysis of the Cerrado Flora in
Goiás
Lucilia Kato, Vanessa Gisele Pasqualotto Severino, Aristônio Magalhães
Teles, Aline Pereira Moraes, Vinicius Galvão Wakui, Núbia Alves Mariano
Teixeira Pires Gomides, Rita de Cássia Lemos Lima, and Cecilia Maria Alves
de Oliveira
Chapter 12 Total Synthesis of Some Important Natural Products from
Brazilian Flora
Leonardo da Silva Neto, Breno Germano de Freitas Oliveira, Wellington Alves
de Barros, Rosemeire Brondi Alves, Adão Aparecido Sabino, and Ângelo de
Fátima
Index