Ciba Foundation Symposium 154 – Bioactive Compounds from Plants

Derek J. Chadwick and Joan Marsh are editors for Bioactive Compounds from Plants and other scientific titles.

Partial table of contents: The Role of Ethnopharmacology in Drug Development (N. Farnsworth). Ethnopharmacology and the Search for New Drugs (P. Cox). Naturally Occurring Cyclohexene Epoxides Revisited (C. Mahidol). Role of Secondary Metabolites in Chemical Defense Mechanisms in Plants (J. Harborne). An Economic and Technical Assessment of the Use of Plant Cell Cultures for Natural Product Synthesis on an Industrial Scale (M. Fowler, et al.). Opportunities for Bioactive Compounds in Transgenic Plants (T. Hall, et al.). Compounds from Plants that Regulate or Participate in Disease Resistance (J. Kuc). Index of Contributors. Subject Index.