Plants Secondary Metabolites and Pigments
by U. D. Chavan
ISBN: 9789386949233
View Ebook
Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 16995.00
Biblio : xii+544p., tabls., col. plts., 25 cm
Author Profile
Dr. U.D. Chavan obtained his B. Sc. and M. Sc. (Agri. in Biochemistry) degrees from Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri in 1985 and 1987 respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Food Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s Canada in 1999. He has done International training on “Global Nutrition 2002” at Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden in 2002. He also attended follow-up International workshop on “Global Nutrition 2002” at Hanoi, Vietnam in 2002. Dr. Chavan visited D
About The Book
Secondary products are generally small molecules when compared to the size of macro molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. Nowadays secondary metabolites are getting very important place in human diet because they are acting as a nutraceutical and having several medicinal properties. Secondary metabolic products from plants are classified in many different ways - by their function, by the species from which it is derived; or by chemical composition. Secondary metabolites have economic val
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement v
Preface vii
Part I: Plants Secondary Metabolites
1. Introduction 3
<br/>
2. Alkaloids 15
<br/>
3. Alpha Amylase Inhibitor 33
<br/>
4. BOAA (Lathyrus) 67
<br/>
5. Carotenoids 85
<br/>
6. Chymotrypsin 95
<br/>
7. Flavonoids 103
<br/>
8. Glycosides 117
<br/>
9. Gossypol 123
<br/>
10. Non-protein Amino Acids 127
<br/>
11. Oxalic Acid 145
<br/>
12. Phytic Acid 151
<br/>
13. Phytoestrogens 165
<br/>
14. Polyphenols 175
<br/>
15. Saponin
