RECENT ADVANCES IN PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Volume 27

Phytochemical Potential of Tropical Plants

Edited by

Kelsey R. Downum
Florida International University
& Fairchild Tropical Garden
Miami, FL, USA
John T. Romeo
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA

Helen A. Stafford
Reed College
Portland, OR, USA


PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK AND LONDON
CONTENTS

Tropical Plants as Sources of Antiprotozal Agents
J. David Phillipson, Colin W. Wright, Geoffrey C. Kirby and David C. Warhurst

Chemical Studies & Biological Aspects of Some Mexican Plants Used in Traditional Medicine
Rachel Mata

Chemical & Biological Extractives of Lauraceae Species in Costa Rican Tropical Forests
Oscar C. Castro

Zoopharmocognosy: The Use of Medicinal Plants by Animals
Eloy Rodriguez and Richard Wrangham

Insecticides in Tropical Plants with Non-Neurotoxic Modes of Action
J.T. Arnason, S. MacKinnon, A. Durst, B.J.R. Philogene, C. Hasbun, P. Sanchez, L. Poveda, L. San Roman, M.B. Isman, C. Satasook, G.H.N. Towers, P. Wiriyachitra and J.L. McLaughlin

Insect Control Agents from Tropical Plants
Isao Kubo

Phytochemistry & Biological Activity of Metabolites from Tropical Meliaceae
Heinz Rembold and Ingo Puhlmann

Recent Advances in the Acetogenins of Annonaceae
André C‚av‚, Diego Cortes, Bruno FigadèrŠe, Reynald Hocquemiller, Olivier Lapré‚vote, Alain Laurens and Michel Lebæuf

Phytochemical Diversity in the Order Rutales
Peter G. Waterman

Plant Cell Cultures & Synthetic Chemistry - Routes to Clinically Important Compounds
James P. Kutney

Utility of the Phytochemeco Database
Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg


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