Biodiversity
Biomolecular Aspects of Biodiversity
and Innovative Utilization
Proceedings of the 3rd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity
(ICOB-3), Nov 3-8, 2001, Antalya, Turkey
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Edited by Bilge Sener
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2002
[ISBN 0-306-47477-8]
This book discusses the value of bioresources and the
need for their conservation in terms of the biomolecular chemistry of
naturally occurring molecular systems. The development of pharmaceutical,
agricultural and industrial products from bioresources can be used to
promote incentives for conservation by providing an economic return
to sustainable use of those sources. The 54 chapters inform readers
on the search for insight into the species and documents how much of
life remains to be scientifically identified. They also explore identification
strategies and methods along with the implications for protecting biodiversity.
In summary, biomolecular aspects of biodiversity and innovative utilization
of bioresources are discussed from very diverse points of view ranging
from their botanical, zoological, taxonomic and genomic expressions
to their biomolecular, structural, mechanistic and functional aspects.
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Contents
1. Integration of Conservation and Utilization in Temperate Hardwood
Species; J. Kleinschmit, J.R.G. Kleinschmit. 2. The Conservation of
Genetic and Chemical Diversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; V.H.
Heywood. 3. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Wild
Relatives of Crop Species; Bao-Rong Lu. 4. Perspectives on Human Genome
Diversity within Pakistan Using Y Chromosomal and Autosomal Microsatellite
Markers; S.Q. Mehdi, et al. 5. Lessons from Nature Show the Way to Safe
and Environmentally Pacific Pest Control; W.S. Bowers. 6. Biodiversity
of Soil Fauna in Different Ecosystems in Egypt with Particular References
to Insect Predators; A.Khalek M. Hussein. 7. Optimization of Natural
Procedures Leads: Discovery of Mylotarg™, CCI-779 and GAR 936;
M. Abou-Gharbia. 8. Bioactive Compunds from Some Endangered Plants of
Africa; B.M. Abegaz, J. Mutanyatta. 9. New Bioactive Substances Reported
from the African Flora; E. Dagne. 10. Bioactive Components of a Peruvian
Herbal Medicine, Chucuhuasi (Maytenus amazonica); E. Okuyama, et al.
11. Discovery of Natural Products from Indonesian Tropical Rainforest
Plants: Chemodiversity of Artocarpus (Moraceae); S. Arifin Achmad, et
al. 12. Seminal Findings on a Novel Enzyme: Mechanism of Biochemical
Action of 4-Methylcoumarins, Constituents of Medicinal and Edible Plants;
V.S. Parmar, et al. 13. Medicinal Plants - A Source of Potential Chemicals
of Diverse Structures and Biological Activity; B.S. Siddiqui, et al.
14. Biodiversity in Turkish Folk Medicine; E. Yesilada. 15. Biodiversity
of Phenylethanoids Glycosides; I. Çal s. 16. The Chemo- and Biodiversity
of Endophytes; Ren Xiang Tan, Ren Xin Zou. 17. Molecular Diversity and
Specificity of Arthropod Toxins; E.V. Grishin, et al. 18. Chemical Diversity
of Coral Reef Organisms; T. Higa, et al. 19. Chemical Signals from Sponges
and their Allelopathic Effects on Other Marine Animals; M.J. Garson.
20. Anti-Cancer Metabolites from Marine Sponges; D. Tasdemir. 21. Altitudinal
and Latitudinal Diversity on the Flora on Eastern and Western Sides
of the Red Sea; A.K. Hegazy, W.M. Amer. 22. Biodiversity and Free Market
Mechanism; K. Ok. 23. Domestication and Determination of Yield and Quality
Aspects of Wild Mentha Species Growing in Southern Turkey; M. Özgüven,
et al. 24. Some Ornamental Geophytes from the East Anatolia; M. Koyuncu.
25. Bioactive Molecules from Cynodon dactylon of Indian Biodiversity;
N. Raman, et al. 26. Phenylethanoid Glycosides Glycosides with Free
Radical Scavenging Properties from Verbascum wiedemannianum; I. &Çcedil;al
s, et al. 27. Antioxidant Activity of Capsicum annum L. Fruit Extracts
on Acetaminophen Toxicity; B. Eryilmaz, et al. 28. In Vitro Antileishmanial
Activity of Proanthocyanidins and Related Compounds; H. Kolodziej, et
al. 29. Evaluation of the Antileishmanial Activity of Two New Diterpenoids
and Extracts From Salvia cilicica; Nur Tan, et al. 30. Antibacterial
and Antifungal Activities of Sedum sartorianum subsp. sartorianum; M.
Koray Sakar, et al. 31. Blood Pressure Lowering Activity of Active Principle
from Ocimum basilicum; K. Aftab. 32. Chemical Variability in Azadirachta
indica Growing in Tamil Nadu State of India; N. Kaushik, B. Gurdev Singh.
33. Pesticidal Activity of Eucalyptus Leaf Extracts Against Helicoverpa
armigera Larvae; N. Kaushik. 34. Two New Lignans from Taxus baccata
L.; N. Erdemoglu, B. Sener. 35. Lignans from Taxus baccata L.; N. Erdemoglu,
B. Sener. 36. Heraclenol and Isopimpinellin: Two Rare Furocoumarins
from Ruta montana; N. Benkiki, et al. 37. A chemotaxonomic study on
the genus Ferulago sect. Humiles (Umbelliferae); E. Akalin, et al. 38.
Aromatic Biodiversity Among Three Endemic Thymus Species of Iran; S.
Ebrahim Sajjadi. 39. Volatile onstituents of the Leaves of Ziziphus
spina-christi (L.) Willd. from Iran; A. Alighanadi (Ghannadi), M. Mehri-Ardestani.
40. Fatty Acid Composition of the Aerial Parts of Urtica dioica (Stinging
Nettle) L. (Urticaceae); E. Bagc . 41. Fatty Acid Composition of Aconitum
Orientale Miller and A. Nasutum Fisch. ex Reichb Seeds: a Chemotaxonomic
Approach; E. Bagc , H. Özçelik. 42. New Peptide from a Bacterium
Associated with Marine Sponge Ircinia muscarum; S. de Rosa, et al. 43.
Sheep Brain Glutathione Reductase: Purification and Some Properties;
N.L. Açan, E.F. Tezcan. 44. Some Morphological and Phenological
Characters of Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) Grown in Hatay Province
of Turkey; D. Alpaslan Kaya, F. Ayanoglu. 45. Genetic Diversity of Two
Native Forest Tree Species in Turkey: Pinus brutia Ten. and Cupressus
sempervirens L.; N. Kay, K. Is k. 46. The Vegetation Studies in the
Pure Stands of Kürtün (Gümüshane) Forests in Turkey;
M. Küçük, Ö. Eyüboglu. 47. 7th Year IPM Implementation:
The Biodiversity of Pests and their Beneficial Species in the Protected
Vegetable in the Aegean Region of Turkey; N. Yasarak nc . 48. Phytopreparations
from the Species of Limonium Mill; G. Zhusupova, et al. 49. The Biological
Activities of New Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Nitrogen and Sulphur;
F. Aydogan, et al. 50. Synthetic modification of iridoids to non-natural
indole alkaloids; Á. Kocsis, P. Mátyus. 51. The Complexation
of New 1, 3-Dithiocalix (4) Arene Containing Oxime Derivative; N.Y.
Coskun, et al. 52. Convenient Route to Quinoline-Tetrahydroquinolines
from Quinoline-Carboxaldehydes; L.Y. Vargas Méndeza, et al. 53.
Quantum Chemical Research of Quercetin, Myricetin, their Bromo- and
Sulpho Derivatives; G. Zhusupova, V. Gapdrakipov. 54. Destruction and
Conservation of Turkish Orchids; E. Sezik. Annex. Author Index. Subject
Index.
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