Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae
Biodiversity, Chemodiversity, and Pharmacotherapy

Provides an account of the biodiversity and chemodiversity of Taxaceae/Cephalotaxus medicinal plants, examining and synthesizing their biology, chemistry and pharmacotherapy

Da-Cheng Hao (Author)

9780128239759

Paperback, published 15 January 2021

376 pages, 40 illustrations (10 in full color)
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.61 kg

Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae: Biodiversity, Chemodiversity, and Pharmacotherapy accounts for the biodiversity and chemodiversity of these medicinal plants, examining and synthesizing existing research into their biology, chemistry and pharmacotherapy. The title examines how pharmacophylogeny allows sustainable conservation and exploitation, presents how these plants work from the chemical level upward, and examines associated microbe compounds. Chapters present a summary of biological and biochemical research of Taxaceae plants, progress in mining their chemodiversity, mining pharmacotherapy utility from their chemodiversity and biodiversity, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetic diversity of their medicinal compounds, mining pharmacotherapy utility from associated microbes, and more.

1. Biological and Biochemical Research of Taxaceae Medicinal Plants: Road to a Healthier Life2. Mining Chemodiversity from Biodiversity of Taxus Plants: Chemistry and Chemical Biology3. Mining Pharmacotherapy Utility from Chemodiversity/Biodiversity of Taxus Plants4. Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetic Diversity of Taxus Medicinal Compounds5. Mining Pharmacotherapy Utility from Chemodiversity/Biodiversity of Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae Associated Microbes: Molecular Mechanisms and Functions6. Biodiversity, Chemodiversity and Pharmacotherapy of Cephalotaxus Medicinal Plants7. Biodiversity, Chemodiversity and Pharmacotherapy of Amentotaxus, Pseudotaxus and Torreya Medicinal Plants

Subject Areas: Pharmacology [MMG], Pharmaceutical industries [KNDP]