Hardbound, 514 pages,

publication date: SEP-2006

ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52241-2

ISBN-10: 0-444-52241-7

Imprint: ELSEVIER

Price: EUR 220

GBP 150

USD 250

Mahendra Rai, Department of Biotechnology, Amravati University, Maharashtra, India

Maria Carpinella, Fine Chemicals and Natural Products Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Catholic University of Cordob, Argentina

Included in series Advances in Phytomedicine,

Description

This timely book provides an overview of natural products/botanicals used for the management of insect-pest and diseases. It will help readers to update and widen their knowledge about natural products and their bio-activities against plant pathogens. The volume explores activity, chemistry, toxicity and geographic distribution of plants. Discussions concerning the methodology used for the detection of active principles, their mode of action and commercial prospects are of utmost importance and worthy of note.

Audience

Phytochemists; Combinatorial Chemists; Pharmacologists; Scientists engaged in Drug discovery and development; Industrial research groups developing drugs from plants; Departments of pharmaceutics; Institutes for Drug Research; Pharmaceutical companies; Manufacturers of herbal and ayurvedic medicines and cosmetic products Manufacturers of natural products

Contents

Preface List of contributors Natural compounds as antioxidant and moulting inhibitors can play a role as a model for search of new botanical pesticides Pesticides Based on Plant Essential Oils: From Traditional Practice to Commercialization Natural substrates and Inhibitors of Multidrug Resistant Pumps (MDRs) redefine the plant antimicrobials Rational Design of Multifunctional Anti-Salmonella Agents Based on Natural Products Role of Melia azedarach L. (Meliaceae) for the control of insect and acari: Present status and future prospects Bioactivity of Fabaceous Plants Against Food-borne and Plant Pathogens: Potentials and Limitations Screening of Plants Against Fungi Affecting Crops and Stored Foods Opportunities and potentials of botanical extracts and products for management of insect pests in cruciferous vegetables The Potential for Using Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) Extracts for Pine Weevil Management in Temperate Forestry Plant Allelochemicals in Thrips Control Strategies Importance of plant secondary metabolites for protection against insects and microbial infections Naturally Occurring House Dust Mites Control Agents: Development and Commercialization The search for plant-derived compounds with antifeedant activity An overview of the antimicrobial properties of mexican medicinal plants Promissory botanical repellents/deterrents for managing two key tropical insect pests, the whitefly Bemisia tabaci and the mahogany shootborer Hypsipyla grandella Naturally occurring anti-insect proteins: Current status and future aspects Antifungal Natural

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