Biochemical targets of plant bioactive compounds : a pharmacological reference guide to sites of action and biological effects /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Polya, Gideon Maxwell
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2003.
Subjects:	Materia medica, Vegetable > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Botanical chemistry > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Plant products > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Pharmacognosy > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Plants > Metabolism > Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Table of Contents:

1. Plant defensive compounds and their biochemical targets. Introduction ; Organization and scope of the book ; Description of the tables ; Using the tables ; The structural diversity of plant defensive compounds ; Plant alkaloids ; Plant phenolics ; Plant terpenes ; Other plant compounds
2. Biochemistry: the chemistry of life. Introduction: water-based life ; Protein structure ; Enzymes and ligand-binding proteins ; Metabolic strategies ; Inhibition of biochemical processes by plant defensive compounds
3. Neurotransmitter- and hormone-gated ion channels. Introduction : electrical signalling in excitable cells ; Ionotropic neurotransmitter receptors : neurotransmitter-gated ion channels ; Structure and function of ionotropic receptors
4. Ion pumps, ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels. Introduction ; Ion pumps ; Voltage-gated Na⁺ channels ; Ligand-regulated and voltage-gated K⁺ channels ; Voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channels ; Ligand-gated Ca²⁺ channels ; Chloride transport and voltage-regulated chloride channels.