Biodiversity: Biomolecular Aspects of Biodiversity and Innovative Utilization

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Integration of Conservation and Utilization in Temperate Hardwood Species....Pages 1-11
The Conservation of Genetic and Chemical Diversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants....Pages 13-22
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Wild Relatives of Crop Species....Pages 23-34
Perspectives on Human Genome Diversity within Pakistan using Y Chromosomal and Autosomal Microsatellite Markers....Pages 35-47
Lessons from Nature Show the Way to Safe and Environmentally Pacific Pest Control....Pages 49-57
Biodiversity of Soil Fauna in Different Ecosystems in Egypt with Particular References to Insect Predators....Pages 59-62
Optimization of Natural Procedures Leads: Discovery of Mylotarg™, CCI-779 and GAR-936....Pages 63-70
Bioactive Compounds from Some Endangered Plants of Africa....Pages 71-78
New Bioactive Substances Reported from the African Flora....Pages 79-84
Bioactive Components of a Peruvian Herbal Medicine, Chucuhuasi ( Maytenus amazonica )....Pages 85-89
Discovery of Natural Products from Indonesian Tropical Rainforest Plants: Chamodiversity of Artocarpus (Moraceae)....Pages 91-99
Seminal Findings on a Novel Enzyme: Mechanism of Biochemical Action of 4-Methylcoumarins, Constituents of Medicinal and Edible Plants....Pages 101-108
Medicinal Plants - A Source of Potential Chemicals of Diverse Structures and Biological Activity....Pages 109-117
Biodiversity in Turkish Folk Medicine....Pages 119-135
Biodiversity of Phenylethanoid Glycosides....Pages 137-149
The Chemo-and Biodiversity of Endophytes....Pages 151-159
Molecular Diversity and Specificity of Arthropod Toxins....Pages 161-167
Chemical Diversity of Coral Reef Organisms....Pages 169-177
Chemical Signals from Sponges and their Allelopathic Effects on Other Marine Animals....Pages 179-185
Anti-Cancer Metabolites from Marine Sponges....Pages 187-196
Altitudinal and Latitudinal Diversity of the Flora on Eastern and Western Sides of the Red Sea....Pages 197-216
Biodiversity and Free Market Mechanism....Pages 217-225
Domestication and Determination of Yield and Quality Aspects of Wild Mentha Species Growing in Southern Turkey....Pages 227-245
Some Ornamental Geophytes from the East Anatolia....Pages 247-251
Bioactive Molecules from Cynodon dactylon of Indian Biodiversity....Pages 253-256
Phenylethanoid Glycosides with Free Radical Scavenging Properties from Verbascum wiedemannianum ....Pages 257-260
Antioxidant Activity of Capsicum annuum L. Fruit Extracts on Acetaminophen Toxicity....Pages 261-264
In Vitro Antileishmanial Activity of Proanthocyanidins and Related Compounds....Pages 265-268
Evaluation of the Antileishmanial Activity of Two New Diterpenoids and Extracts from Salvia cilicica ....Pages 269-271
Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Sedum sartorianum subsp. sartorianum ....Pages 273-277
Blood Pressure Lowering Activity of Active Principle from Ocimum basilicum ....Pages 279-281
Chemical Variability in Azadirachta indica Growing in Tamil Nadu State of India....Pages 283-285
Pesticidal Activity of Eucalyptus Leaf Extracts against Helicoverpa armigera Larvae....Pages 287-289
Two New Lignans from Taxus baccata L.....Pages 291-296
Lignans from Taxus baccata L.....Pages 297-301
Heraclenol and Isopimpinellin: Two Rare Furocoumarins from Ruta montana ....Pages 303-307
A Chemotaxonomic Study on the Genus Ferulago , Sect. Humiles (Umbelliferae)....Pages 309-313
Aromatic Biodiversity among Three Endemic Thymus Species of Iran....Pages 315-317
Volatile Constituents of the Leaves of Ziziphus spinachristi (L.) Willd. from Iran....Pages 319-321
Fatty Acid Composition of the Aerial Parts of Urtica dioica (Stinging nettle) L. (Urticaceae)....Pages 323-327
Fatty Acid Composition of Aconitum orientale Miller and A. nasutum Fisch. ex Reichb Seeds, A Chemotaxonomic Approach....Pages 329-334
New Peptide from a Bacterium Associated with Marine Sponge Ircinia muscarum ....Pages 335-340
Sheep Brain Glutathione Reductase: Purification and Some Properties....Pages 341-343
Some Morphological and Phenological Characters of Tobacco , ( Nicotiana tabacum L.) Grown in Hatay Province of Turkey....Pages 345-347
Genetic Diversity of Two Native Forest Tree Species in Turkey: Pinus brutia Ten. and Cupressus sempervirens L.....Pages 349-354
The Vegetation Studies in the Pure Stands of Kürtün(Gümüşhane)Forests in Turkey....Pages 355-361
7 th Year IPM Implementation: The Biodiversity of Pests and their Benefical Species in the Protected Vegetable in the Aegean Region of Turkey....Pages 363-365
Phytopreparations from the Species of Limonium Mill....Pages 367-369
The Biological Activities of New Heterocylic Compounds Containing Nitrogen and Sulphur....Pages 371-374
Synthetic Modification of Iridoids to Non-natural Indole Alkaloids....Pages 375-377
The Complexation of New 1,3-Dithiocalix[4]arene Containing Oxime Derivative....Pages 379-381
Convenient Route to Quinoline-Tetrahydroquinolines from Quinoline-Carboxaldehydes....Pages 383-386
Quantum Chemical Research of Quercetin, Myricetin, their Bromo- and Sulpho Derivatives....Pages 387-390
Destruction and Conservation of Turkish Orchids....Pages 391-400
Back Matter....Pages 401-412