Offers an inventory of plant-derived compounds alongside the effective ways to identify, extract, analyze, and characterize fresh plant-derived compounds. This title presents examples of plant products used in food and beverages, disease prevention and treatment, pest control, textiles, and fragrances.

2008 NOMINEE The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Award for a Significant Work in Botanical or Horticultural Literature From medicinal, industrial, and culinary uses to cutting-edge laboratory techniques in modern research and plant conservation strategies, Natural Products from Plants, Second Edition reveals a vastly expanded understanding of the natural products that plants produce. In a single volume, this bookoffers a thorough inventory of the various types of plant-derived compounds. It covers their chemical composition, structure, and properties alongside the most effective ways to identify, extract, analyze, and characterize new plant-derived compounds. The authors examine new information on the chemical mechanisms plants use to deter predators and pathogens, attract symbiotic organisms, and defend themselves against environmental stress-insights which are key for adapting such mechanisms to human health. Along with updated and revised information from the highly acclaimed first edition, the second edition presents seven new chapters and features more than 50% new material relating to plant constituents, natural product biochemistry, and molecular biology. The book incorporates in-depth treatment of natural product biosynthesis with new collection and extraction protocols, advanced separation and analytical techniques, up-to-date bioassays, as well as modern molecular biology and plant biotechnology for the production of natural products. Unique in its breadth and coverage, Natural Products from Plants, Second Edition belongs on the shelf of interested researchers, policymakers, and consumers- particularly those involved in disease prevention, treatment, and pharmaceutical applications-who need a complete guide to the properties, uses, and study of plant natural products.

"The book does a great job in explaining how natural products are interrelated with the environment, and explains physiological and ecological functions of natural products . . . written in a way that makes it interesting to read . . . It is a book well worth having." -Anna K. Jäger, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, in South African Journal of Botany, 2007, Vol. 73, No. 3 Praise for the First Edition: "The five authors all have a common background in the natural sciences but their professional careers have taken them to diverse positions inside or outside of academia?and this diversity is definitely one of the strongest aspects of the book." - Michael Heinrich, Journal of Ethnopharmacology "The book is well written with many photographs?and well indexed and has good supplemental information and references at the end of each chapter?" - Charles D. Hufford, University of Mississippi (Journal of Natural Products, 2000, 63, 735-738)