Natural antioxidants and biocides from wild medicinal plants

Contents......Page 6
About the Editors......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
1 Antioxidant and Biocidal Activities from Natural Sources: an Overview......Page 16
2 Antioxidants from vegetal sources: New Research Avenues......Page 26
3 Proanthocyanidins in Cacao......Page 50
4 Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability of Bioactive Compounds in Food and Plant Determination......Page 60
5 Biocidal Metabolites from Endophytes that Occur in Medicinal Plants......Page 71
6 Antioxidant Properties of Singlet Oxygen Suppressors......Page 80
7 Antioxidant Activity and Chemical Composition of Colombian Propolis......Page 107
8 Chilean Plants as a source of Polyphenols......Page 131
9 Antioxidant Activity of Anacardic Acids......Page 152
10 Alkylresorcinols: Chemical Properties, Methods of Analysis and Potential Uses in Food, Industry and Plant Protection......Page 163
11 Phytoecdysteroids and Related Sterols Isolated from Mexican Cacti: their Potential Use as Natural Insecticides......Page 182
12 Zuccagnia punctata Cav.: Phytochemistry, Traditional Uses and Pharmacology......Page 193
13 Insecticidal Activity of a South American Plant: Hybanthus parviflorus (Violaceae)......Page 203
14 Natural Polymers and their Biological Activities......Page 222
15 Insect Growth Regulatory, Moulting Disruption and Insecticidal Activity of Calceolaria talcana (Calceolariaceae: Scrophulariaceae) and Condalia microphylla Cav. (Rhamnaceae)......Page 229
16 Anti-Salmonella Agents from the Brazilian Medicinal Plant Tanacetum balsamita and their Applications......Page 254
17 Photoprotective Activity of some Mexican Plants......Page 269
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