Natural Products of Woody Plants
Subtitle: Chemicals Extraneous to the Lignocellulosic Cell Wall
By: edited by John W. Rowe
Series: Springer Series in Wood Science, 1431-8563; Springer series in wood science
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 1243
ISBN-13: 9783642740756
Subjects: Organic Chemistry; Botany; Life sciences; Forests and forestry; Biochemistry; Surfaces (Physics); Agriculture
Description: The present book gives an extensive overview of all relevant natural products extractable from woody plants. The chemical properties of these products, their biosynthesis within the cell and the evolution of the respective primary and secondary pathways in woody plants are described. Various carbohydrates, sugars or oligosaccharides, nitrogeneous extractives, such as proteins or alkaloids as well as terpenoids, waxes, lignans, steroids are treated in detail. The role of these exudates and extractives in protecting wood, their effects on the utilization of wood and especially the frequent utilization of extractives by man are discussed.