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1 online resource (276 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Author Biography -- Part I Introduction -- Organic Chemistry -- Context: Miraculous Chemicals from Plants -- References -- Nomenclature -- Botanical names -- Scope of chemistry -- Part II Medical Marvels -- Introduction -- Central America's Humble Potato! -- Steroids -- The Search for the Modern Birth Control Pill -- Isolation of Natural Diosgenin from the Mexican Potato -- Chemical Magic in the Laboratory-Synthesis of Norethindrone -- Biological Studies of Progesterone to Prevent Ovulation |
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Medical Approval and Social Acceptance -- The Profound Social, Cultural and Economic Impacts of Reliable Oral Contraception -- Transformation of Production -- Hydrocarbons -- Saturated Hydrocarbons-Alkanes and Cycloalkanes -- Crude Oil and Industrial Fractional Distillation -- Benzene and Aromatic Compounds-Physical and Chemical Properties -- Theory of the Molecular Structure of Benzene -- Suggested Further Reading -- Reference -- Europe Solves a Headache! Emergence of Aspirin -- Salicin and Salicyclic Acid -- Carboxylic Acids -- Phenol and Phenolic Compounds |
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Acetylation of the Hydroxyl Group of Salicylic Acid to Form Aspirin -- Suggested Further Reading -- Reference -- Attacking Malaria: a South American Treasure and a Chinese Miracle -- Malaria -- Cinchona -- Isolation of Quinine -- Synthesis of Quinine in the Laboratory -- Uses of Quinine -- Artemisinin -- Carbon-Oxygen Single Bonds and Oxygen-Oxygen Single Bonds in Organic Compounds -- The Peroxide Link and the Peroxide Bridge in Artemisinin -- Suggested Further Reading -- References -- A Steroid in Your Garden -- The Foxglove and Digoxigenin -- Esters are Formed from Alcohols and Acids |
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Properties and Uses of Esters -- Introducing Cyclic Esters Known as Lactones -- Lactones as Building Blocks in Nature -- Vitamins -- Vitamin C, Ascorbic Acid -- Commercial Uses of Lactones -- Suggested Further Reading -- Reference -- Africa's Gift to the World -- Discovery of the Periwinkle Plant and Its Properties -- Serendipity -- Modern Research and Therapeutic Value -- The Alkaloids, Vincristine and Vinblastine -- Isolation of Vincristine and Vinblastine from Plants -- Suggested Further Reading -- Saving the Pacific Yew Tree -- The Nature of Paclitaxel -- Medical Value of Paclitaxel |
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Modern-Day Preparation of Paclitaxel -- Terpenes and Isoprene as Building Blocks in Nature -- Isomers -- Isomers and Stereo-Chemistry -- Isomers and Chirality -- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy and Molecular Structure -- References -- Vaccines, Adjuvants and Organic Chemistry -- How the Chemistry of Natural Products Enhances Vaccines -- Vaccines -- Adjuvants -- The Development of Adjuvants -- A Vaccine Against Covid-19 -- Saponins -- Natural Sources of Saponin -- New Biochemical Approaches -- Molecular Biochemistry -- Summary -- References |
| Summary |
Human benefit from the organic chemistry of plants is incalculable in terms of health, food, comfort and security. Indeed, the future well-being of humanity rests in significant measure upon a responsible relationship with the plant kingdom in order to re-establish balance in the Earth's natural environmental systems |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Part III Nutrition-Ancient and Modern Miracles |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781040031759 |
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1040031757 |
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