Biofersity - Biomolecular Aspects of Biodiversity and Innovative Utilization

• B. Sener

Proceedings of the 3rd IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity(ICOB-3), Nov 3-8, 2001, Antalya, Turkey>linkto calendar

This book discusses the value of bioresources and the need for their conservation in terms of the biomolecular chemistry of naturally occurring molecular systems. The development of pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial products from bioresources can be used to promote incentives for conservation by providing an economic return to sustainable use of those sources. The 54 chapters inform readers on the search for insight into the species and documents how much of life remains to be scientifically identified. They also explore identification strategies and methods along with the implications for protecting biodiversity.In summary, biomolecular aspects of biodiversity and innovative utilization of bioresources are discussed from very diverse points of view ranging from their botanical, zoological, taxonomic and genomic expressions to their biomolecular, structural, mechanistic and functional aspects.

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1. Integration of Conservation and Utilization in Temperate HardwoodSpecies; J. Kleinschmit, J.R.G. Kleinschmit. 2. The Conservation ofGenetic and Chemical Diversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; V.H.Heywood. 3. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in WildRelatives of Crop Species; Bao-Rong Lu. 4. Perspectives on Human GenomeDiversity within Pakistan Using Y Chromosomal and Autosomal Microsatellite Markers; S.Q. Mehdi, et al. 5. Lessons from Nature Show the Way to Safeand Environmentally Pacific Pest Control; W.S. Bowers. 6. Biodiversityof Soil Fauna in Different Ecosystems in Egypt with Particular References to Insect Predators; A.Khalek M. Hussein. 7. Optimization of Natural Procedures Leads: Discovery of Mylotarg™, CCI-779 and GAR 936;M. Abou-Gharbia. 8. Bioactive Compounds from Some Endangered Plants ofAfrica; B.M. Abegaz, J. Mutanyatta. 9. New Bioactive Substances Reported from the African Flora; E. Dagne. 10. Bioactive Components of a Peruvian Herbal Medicine, Chucuhuasi (Maytenus amazonica); E. Okuyama, et al.11. Discovery of Natural Products from Indonesian Tropical Rainforest Plants: Chemodiversity of Artocarpus (Moraceae); S. Arifin Achmad, etal. 12. Seminal Findings on a Novel Enzyme: Mechanism of Biochemical Action of 4-Methylcoumarins, Constituents of Medicinal and Edible Plants;V.S. Parmar, et al. 13. Medicinal Plants - A Source of Potential Chemicals of Diverse Structures and Biological Activity; B.S. Siddiqui, et al.14. Biodiversity in Turkish Folk Medicine; E. Yesilada. 15. Biodiversity of Phenylethanoids Glycosides; I. Çal s. 16. The Chemo- and Biodiversityof Endophytes; Ren Xiang Tan, Ren Xin Zou. 17. Molecular Diversity and Specificity of Arthropod Toxins; E.V. Grishin, et al. 18. Chemical Diversity of Coral Reef Organisms; T. Higa, et al. 19. Chemical Signals from Sponges and their Allelopathic Effects on Other Marine Animals; M.J. Garson.20. Anti-Cancer Metabolites from Marine Sponges; D. Tasdemir. 21. Altitudinal and Latitudinal Diversity on the Flora on Eastern and Western Sides of the Red Sea; A.K. Hegazy, W.M. Amer. 22. Biodiversity and Free Market Mechanism; K. Ok. 23. Domestication and Determination of Yield and QualityAspects of Wild Mentha Species Growing in Southern Turkey; M. Özgüven,et al. 24. Some Ornamental Geophytes from the East Anatolia; M. Koyuncu.25. Bioactive Molecules from Cynodon dactylon of Indian Biodiversity;N. Raman, et al. 26. Phenylethanoid Glycosides Glycosides with Free Radical Scavenging Properties from Verbascum wiedemannianum; I. &Çcedil;als, et al. 27. Antioxidant Activity of Capsicum annum L. Fruit Extracts on Acetaminophen Toxicity; B. Eryilmaz, et al. 28. In Vitro Antileishmanial Activity of Proanthocyanidins and Related Compounds; H. Kolodziej, etal. 29. Evaluation of the Antileishmanial Activity of Two New Diterpenoidsand Extracts From Salvia cilicica; Nur Tan, et al. 30. Antibacterialand Antifungal Activities of Sedum sartorianum subsp. sartorianum; M.Koray Sakar, et al. 31. Blood Pressure Lowering Activity of Active Principlefrom Ocimum basilicum; K. Aftab. 32. Chemical Variability in Azadirachtaindica Growing in Tamil Nadu State of India; N. Kaushik, B. Gurdev Singh.33. Pesticidal Activity of Eucalyptus Leaf Extracts Against Helicoverpaarmigera Larvae; N. Kaushik. 34. Two New Lignans from Taxus baccataL.; N. Erdemoglu, B. Sener. 35. Lignans from Taxus baccata L.; N. Erdemoglu,B. Sener. 36. Heraclenol and Isopimpinellin: Two Rare Furocoumarinsfrom Ruta montana; N. Benkiki, et al. 37. A chemotaxonomic study onthe genus Ferulago sect. Humiles (Umbelliferae); E. Akalin, et al. 38.Aromatic Biodiversity Among Three Endemic Thymus Species of Iran; S.Ebrahim Sajjadi. 39. Volatile onstituents of the Leaves of Ziziphusspina-christi (L.) Willd. from Iran; A. Alighanadi (Ghannadi), M. Mehri-Ardestani.40. Fatty Acid Composition of the Aerial Parts of Urtica dioica (StingingNettle) L. (Urticaceae); E. Bagc . 41. Fatty Acid Composition of Aconitum Orientale Miller and A. Nasutum Fisch. ex Reichb Seeds: a Chemotaxonomic Approach; E. Bagc , H. Özçelik. 42. New Peptide from a Bacterium Associated with Marine Sponge Ircinia muscarum; S. de Rosa, et al. 43.Sheep Brain Glutathione Reductase: Purification and Some Properties;N.L. Açan, E.F. Tezcan. 44. Some Morphological and Phenological Characters of Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) Grown in Hatay Province of Turkey; D. Alpaslan Kaya, F. Ayanoglu. 45. Genetic Diversity of Two Native Forest Tree Species in Turkey: Pinus brutia Ten. and Cupressussempervirens L.; N. Kay, K. Is k. 46. The Vegetation Studies in the Pure Stands of Kürtün (Gümüshane) Forests in Turkey;M. Küçük, Ö. Eyüboglu. 47. 7th Year IPM Implementation:The Biodiversity of Pests and their Beneficial Species in the Protected Vegetable in the Aegean Region of Turkey; N. Yasarak nc . 48. Phytopreparations from the Species of Limonium Mill; G. Zhusupova, et al. 49. The Biological Activities of New Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Nitrogen and Sulphur;F. Aydogan, et al. 50. Synthetic modification of iridoids to non-naturalindole alkaloids; Á. Kocsis, P. Mátyus. 51. The Complexationof New 1, 3-Dithiocalix (4) Arene Containing Oxime Derivative; N.Y.Coskun, et al. 52. Convenient Route to Quinoline-Tetrahydroquinolines from Quinoline-Carboxaldehydes; L.Y. Vargas Méndeza, et al. 53.Quantum Chemical Research of Quercetin, Myricetin, their Bromo- andSulpho Derivatives; G. Zhusupova, V. Gapdrakipov. 54. Destruction and Conservation of Turkish Orchids; E. Sezik. Annex. Author Index. Subject Index.