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9780841231597

Chemistry of the Amazon Biodiversity, Natural Products, and Environmental Issues

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    9780841231597

  • ISBN10:

    0841231591

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1995-05-05
  • Publisher: American Chemical Society

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Summary

Discusses biodiversity conservation in tropical rainforests. Presents an overview of research on bioactive natural products from the Amazon. Examines current research and investigations of the chemical evolution. Addresses biogeochemistry issues of tropical systems. Provides an overview of environmental issues related to Amazon biodiversity, including the impact of surface mining on the quality of air, water, and soil.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
AMAZON BIODIVERSITY: A RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCE?
Amazon Biodiversity: A Renewable Natural Resource?
2(6)
Peter Rudolf Seidl
Natural Products as Medicinal and Biological Agents: Potentiating the Resources of the Rain Forest
8(11)
Geoffrey A. Cordell
Economic Plants of the Amazon: Their Industrial Development in Defense of the Forest
19(15)
Benjamin Gilbert
Agroforestry Strategies for Alleviating Soil Chemical Constraints to Food and Fiber Production in the Brazilian Amazon
34(17)
Erick C. M. Fernandes
Joao Carlos de Souza Matos
Secondary Compound Accumulation in Plants-The Application of Plant Biotechnology to Plant Improvement: A Proposed Strategy for Natural-Product Research in Brazil
51(15)
Marcia Pletsch
Antonio Euzebio G. Sant'Ana
Barry Victor Charlwood
NATURAL PRODUCTS: BIOACTIVITY AND CHEMISTRY
The Promise of Plant-Derived Natural Products for the Development of New Pharmaceuticals and Agrochemicals
66(13)
James D. McChesney
Poisons and Anti-poisons from the Amazon Forest
79(6)
Walter B. Mors
Biologically Active Neolignans from Amazonian Trees
85(8)
Massayoshi Yoshida
Proteins from Amazonia: Studies and Perspectives for Their Research
93(6)
Lauro Morhy
Terpenoids from Amazonian Icacinaceae
99(17)
Alaide Braga de Oliveira
Chemical Studies of Mynshcaceae Species of the Colombian Amazon
116(10)
Juan C. Martinez V.
Luis E. Cuca S.
NATURAL PRODUCTS: ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Plant Chemistry of Amazonia in an Ecological Context
126(9)
Klaus Kubitzki
Lignans: Diversity, Biosynthesis, and Function
135(33)
Norman G. Lewis
Massuo J. Kato
Norberto Lopes
Laurence B. Davin
The Chemistry of Amazonian Myristicaceae: Developmental, Ecological, and Pharmacological Aspects
168(12)
Massuo J. Kato
Amazonia versus Australia: Geographically Distant, Chemically Close
180(8)
Maria Auxiliadora Coelho Kaplan
Chemodiversity of Angiosperms: Latitude- and Herbaceousness-Conditioned Gradients
188(11)
Maria Renata de M. B. Borin
Otto R. Gottlieb
Future-Oriented Mapping of Biodiversity in Amazonia
199(9)
Otto R. Gottlieb
AMAZON BIODIVERSITY: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Advances in Amazonian Biogeochemistry
208(40)
K. O. Konhauser
W. S. Fyfe
W. Zang
M. I. Bird
B. I. Kronberg
The Chemistry of Headwater Streams in the Rio das Mortes System and Its Effect on the Structure of the Biotic Community
248(17)
Charles W. Heckman
The Chemistry of Atmospheric Aerosol Particles in the Amazon Basin
265(16)
Paulo Artaxo
Fabio Gerab
Marcia A. Yamasoe
Jose V. Martins
The ``Garimpo'' Problem in the Amazon Region
281(14)
Alexandre Pessoa
Gildo Sa Albuquerque
Maria Laura Barreto
Mineral Extraction in the Amazon and the Environment: The Mercury Problem
295(10)
Roberto C. Villas Boas
Author Index 305(1)
Affiliation Index 305(1)
Subject Index 306

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