Biologically active plant

Mithen R (2001), Glucosinolates - biochemistry, genetics and biological activity , Plant Growth Regul, 34, 91-103. 

Plant chemists show several different approaches to the way they view chemicals in plants. Some are interested in the isolation of the molecule per se, its structure and synthesis (1 ). Others are searching for interesting and hopefully patentable biologically active plant products or molecules as new drugs (2), as antibiotics O), or as pesticides (M. A third group seeks to understand the role such compounds (allelochemicals) play in the environment, that is the way in which they may influence or control many of the complex interactions that occur between living organisms in natural plant communities O, ). As has been shown in this Symposium these three approaches are not necessarily mutually exclusive. 

MITHEN, R., Glucosinolates-biochemistry, genetics and biological activity, Plant Growth Reg., 2001, 34,91-103. 

E.P.Kemertelidze, V.P.Georgievskii, Physico-chemical Methods of Analysis of Some Biological Active Plant Compounds, Metzniereba, Tbilisi, 1975 (in Russian). 

The structure of the unique biologically active plant growth promoter, brassinolide, from pollen of the rape plant (Brassica napus L.) was published in 1979 (1). That... 

A further development (related to Warburg s work) concerns what is called apoptosis, whereby billions of body cells perish each day to be replaced by new cells. There is an enzyme called apopain that determines whether the cells live or die. This enzymatic effect on apoptosis may possibly be inhibited or favored by an additive, which potentially may be of interest in the treatment of cancer. This again brings up the point that some of the myriad biologically active plant substances may act in such a way or other ways. 

Advances in the development of new chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques and new biological test systems, particularly in the last decade permitted to increase considerably the number of well defined biologically active plant saponins, as has been reported in several reviews [2-5]. 

Phytochemicals are defined as nonnutritive, naturally occurring, and biologically active plant-derived chemicals that have health supporting, protective, and disease preventive properties. Several thousand phytochemicals (such as phenolics, carotenoids, allylic compounds, sterols, chlorophylls, indoles, sapoiuns, gingerols, and terpenes, among others) have been reported in fruits, vegetables, nuts, medicinal plants, herbal remedies, flowers, and red wines, among others [1-7]. Currently, there... 

Hostettmann, K., Marston, A. and Wolfender, J. -L. (1995). Strategy in the search for new biologically active plant constituents. In Phytochemistry of Plants Used in Traditional Medicine (Hostettmann, K., Marston, M., Maillard, M. and Hamburger, M., eds.), Oxford Science Publications, Oxford, pp. 17-45. 

Mitigating heterocycle metabolism in drug discovery 12JMC6002. Modification of biologically active plant metabolites via the metal complex catalysis reactions as a promising direction in medicinal chemistry 13IZV605. 

Biological Activity Plant Growth Regulator Activity Allelopathic Effects Plant Allomones... 

Guillon S, Tremouillaux-Guiller J, Pati PK, Rideau M, Gantet P (2006) Harnessing the potential of hairy roots dawn of a new era. Trends Biotech 24 403-409 Heble MR (1985) Multiple shoot cultures a viable alternative in vitro system for the production of known and new biologically active plant constituents. In Neumann KH, Barz W, Reinhard E (eds) Primary and secondary metabolism of plant cell cultmes. Springer, Berlin, pp 281-285... 

Biological-Active Plant Substances Study Group... 

Type MW Da Biological activity Plant source Year Ref. 

Lapko, V.M., Jiang, X.-Y., Smith, D.L., and Song, P.-S., Surface topography of phytochrome A deduced from specific chemical modification with iodoacetamide. Biochemistry, 37,12526,1998. Cherry, J.R., Hondred, D., Walker, J.M., Keller, ).M., Hershey, H.P., and Vierstra, R.D., Carboxy-terminal deletion analysis of oat phytochrome A reveals the presence of separate domains required for structure and biological activity. Plant Cell, 5, 565,1993. 

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