Natural antioxidants and biocides from wild medicinal plants /
[Book]
edited by Carlos L. Céspedes ... [et al.]
Boston, MA :
CAB International,
c2013
xiii, 272 p. :
ill., maps ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Antioxidant and biocidal activities from natural sources: an overview / Carlos L. Céspedes -- Antioxidants from vegetal sources: new research avenues / Edgar Pastene -- Proanthocyanidins in cacao / David Seigler and Reinhard Lieberei -- Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of bioactive compounds in food and plant determination / José Bastias, Claudia Fuentealba, and Ociel Muñoz -- Biocidal metabolites from endophytes that occur in medicinal plants / Mahendra K. Rai ... [et al.] -- Antioxidant properties of singlet oxygen suppressors / Adjaci F. Uchoa, Divinomar Severino, and Mauricio S. Baptista -- Antioxidant activity and chemical composition of Colombian propolis / Jesús H. Gil-González ... [et al.] -- Chilean plants as a source of natural polyphenols / Carolina Fredes and Gloria Montenegro -- Antioxidant activity of anacardic acids / Noriyoshi Masuoka, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, and Isao Kubo -- Alkylresorcinols: chemical properties, methods of analysis and potential uses in food, industry, and plant protection / Diego A. Sampietro ... [et al.] -- Phytoecdysteroids and related sterols isolated from Mexican cacti: their potential use as natural insecticides / Juan R. Salazar and Carlos L. Céspedes -- Zuccagnia punctata Cav.: phytochemistry, traditional uses and pharmacology / Marta A. Vattuone ... [et al.] -- Insecticidal activity of a South American plant: Hybanthus parviflorus / Adriana M. Broussalis, Sandra Clemente, and Graciela E. Ferraro -- Natural polymers and their biological activities / Luis Lillo ... [et al.] -- Insect growth regulatory, moulting disruption and insecticidal activity of Calceolanda talcana (Calceolariceae: Scrophulariaceae) and Condalia microphylla Cav. (Rhamnaceae) / Juan R. Salazar and Carlos L. Céspedes -- Anti-salmonella agents from the Brazilian medicinal plant Tanacetum balsamita / Isao Kubo, Ken-ichi Fujita, and Kuniyoshi Shimizu -- Photoprotective activity of some Mexican plants / Ana M. García-Bores ... [et al.]