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Novel plant bioresources : applications in food, medicine and cosmetics / / edited by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim ; contributors Abderrahman Aafi [and eighty five others]
| Novel plant bioresources : applications in food, medicine and cosmetics / / edited by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim ; contributors Abderrahman Aafi [and eighty five others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (556 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95/3416 |
| Soggetto topico |
Plant diversity
Germplasm resources conservation - Economic aspects Germplasm resources, Plant - Economic aspects Plant biotechnology |
| ISBN |
1-118-46058-8
1-118-46056-1 1-118-46060-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Content; List of contributors; Foreword; Part One Novel Plant Bioresources: Applications in Medicine, Cosmetics, etc.; Chapter 1 Plant Diversity in Addressing Food, Nutrition and Medicinal Needs; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; 1.3 Plant genetic diversity for nutrition; 1.4 Plant diversity for medicines; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2 World Health Organization Perspective for Traditional Medicine; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Policies on traditional medicine; 2.3 Tools and guidelines
2.4 Implementation of the regional strategy on traditional medicine2.5 The way forward; 2.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Cultivation of Novel Medicinal Plant Products and Associated Challenges; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Basic principles of novel crop cultivation; 3.3 Case study 1: Pelargonium sidoides; 3.4 Case study 2: Sutherlandia frutescens; 3.5 Case study 3: Euphorbia resinifera; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Further reading; Chapter 4 Enabling Technologies to Facilitate Natural Product-Based Drug Discovery from African Biodiversity; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Enabling-technology platforms 4.3 Natural product diversification and drug metabolite generation platform4.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Assessing Biodiversity: A Molecular Approach Using DNA Sequencing; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Taxonomy and evolution; 5.3 Assessing diversity; 5.4 DNA sequencing and barcoding; 5.5 Plant genomics; 5.6 Analysis of marker data; References; Chapter 6 Conservation of Endangered Wild Harvested Medicinal Plants: Use of DNA Barcoding; 6.1 Wild harvested medicinal plants: background and challenges; 6.2 DNA barcoding general; 6.3 DNA barcoding and species delimitation 6.4 DNA barcodes for plants6.5 Examples of DNA barcoding of cryptic and prepared plant material; 6.6 Plant DNA authentication, verification and certification; 6.7 Future opportunities and challenges; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7 Market Entry, Standards and Certification; 7.1 Sustainable utilization of indigenous plant products; 7.2 Market entry; 7.3 Certification; 7.4 Developing indigenous plant-based enterprises as viable businesses with developing country communities; Acknowledgements; References; Further reading Chapter 8 European Union Market Access Categories and Regulatory Requirements for Novel Natural Products8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Raw materials; 8.3 Finished products; 8.4 Summary; Reference; Further reading; Chapter 9 Nutrition, Health and Food Security: Evidence and Priority Actions; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Well-being and nutrition; 9.3 Traditional food cultures; 9.4 Nutrition in pregnancy and infancy; 9.5 Health and nutrition education is central for development; 9.6 Research and development; 9.7 Role of agricultural growth on reducing poverty, hunger and malnutrition; 9.8 Concluding remarks References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910138956003321 |
| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Novel plant bioresources : applications in food, medicine and cosmetics / / edited by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim ; contributors Abderrahman Aafi [and eighty five others]
| Novel plant bioresources : applications in food, medicine and cosmetics / / edited by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim ; contributors Abderrahman Aafi [and eighty five others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (556 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95/3416 |
| Soggetto topico |
Plant diversity
Germplasm resources conservation - Economic aspects Germplasm resources, Plant - Economic aspects Plant biotechnology |
| ISBN |
1-118-46058-8
1-118-46056-1 1-118-46060-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Content; List of contributors; Foreword; Part One Novel Plant Bioresources: Applications in Medicine, Cosmetics, etc.; Chapter 1 Plant Diversity in Addressing Food, Nutrition and Medicinal Needs; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; 1.3 Plant genetic diversity for nutrition; 1.4 Plant diversity for medicines; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2 World Health Organization Perspective for Traditional Medicine; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Policies on traditional medicine; 2.3 Tools and guidelines
2.4 Implementation of the regional strategy on traditional medicine2.5 The way forward; 2.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Cultivation of Novel Medicinal Plant Products and Associated Challenges; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Basic principles of novel crop cultivation; 3.3 Case study 1: Pelargonium sidoides; 3.4 Case study 2: Sutherlandia frutescens; 3.5 Case study 3: Euphorbia resinifera; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Further reading; Chapter 4 Enabling Technologies to Facilitate Natural Product-Based Drug Discovery from African Biodiversity; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Enabling-technology platforms 4.3 Natural product diversification and drug metabolite generation platform4.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Assessing Biodiversity: A Molecular Approach Using DNA Sequencing; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Taxonomy and evolution; 5.3 Assessing diversity; 5.4 DNA sequencing and barcoding; 5.5 Plant genomics; 5.6 Analysis of marker data; References; Chapter 6 Conservation of Endangered Wild Harvested Medicinal Plants: Use of DNA Barcoding; 6.1 Wild harvested medicinal plants: background and challenges; 6.2 DNA barcoding general; 6.3 DNA barcoding and species delimitation 6.4 DNA barcodes for plants6.5 Examples of DNA barcoding of cryptic and prepared plant material; 6.6 Plant DNA authentication, verification and certification; 6.7 Future opportunities and challenges; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7 Market Entry, Standards and Certification; 7.1 Sustainable utilization of indigenous plant products; 7.2 Market entry; 7.3 Certification; 7.4 Developing indigenous plant-based enterprises as viable businesses with developing country communities; Acknowledgements; References; Further reading Chapter 8 European Union Market Access Categories and Regulatory Requirements for Novel Natural Products8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Raw materials; 8.3 Finished products; 8.4 Summary; Reference; Further reading; Chapter 9 Nutrition, Health and Food Security: Evidence and Priority Actions; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Well-being and nutrition; 9.3 Traditional food cultures; 9.4 Nutrition in pregnancy and infancy; 9.5 Health and nutrition education is central for development; 9.6 Research and development; 9.7 Role of agricultural growth on reducing poverty, hunger and malnutrition; 9.8 Concluding remarks References |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827346503321 |
| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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