Overview
- Reliable assays meant to equip researchers to meet the challenge of fulfilling the huge demand for feed
- Provides information for readers to gain a better understanding of plant-animal interactions
- Methods for analysis of some important plant secondary metabolites
- Methods written in a recipe-like format designed for direct practical use in the laboratory
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 393)
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Table of contents (18 protocols)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Plant Secondary Metabolites provides reliable assays that will equip researchers to meet the unprecedented challenge of fulfilling the huge demand for feed driven by increasing demand of animal protein in developing countries. Using more than a decade of experience working with the quantification of plant secondary metabolites, the authors have created a manual allowing for the safe and efficient use of locally available feed resources. This comprehensive new volume also offers readers a better understanding of plant-animal interactions. The methodologies provided in this volume may also be used to determine plant secondary metabolites in human food and in studying the implications of their consumption on human health and welfare.
This volume contains methods for analysis of some important plant secondary metabolites, which may be conducted in laboratories equipped with basic facilities. The chemical nature of plant secondary metabolites and their known physiological effects and mechanisms of action are also briefly presented. The methods have been written in a recipe-like format designed for direct practical use in the laboratory. Authoritative and extensive, Plant Secondary Metabolites will become an essential reference for plant biologists, biochemists, and molecular and cell biologists.
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"The entire book is written by three authors … . the authors have produced a succinct series of methodologies in this short 18-chapter, 130-page volume. … The chapters cover 18 target compounds or compound groups. … There is a clear audience for these protocols, and I am sure they will be happy with the result." (Dr Robert Hall, Molecular Biotechnology, Vol. 38, 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant Secondary Metabolites
Authors: Harinder P. S. Makkar, P. Siddhuraju, Klaus Becker
Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-425-4
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Springer Protocols
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-993-2Published: 06 July 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-872-0Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-425-4Published: 03 February 2008
Series ISSN: 1064-3745
Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 130
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations
Topics: Plant Sciences, Cell Biology, Plant Biochemistry