Plants Secondary Metabolites and Pigments

by U. D. Chavan

ISBN: 9789386949233
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 16995.00
Biblio : xii+544p., tabls., col. plts., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. U.D. Chavan obtained his B. Sc. and M. Sc. (Agri. in Biochemistry) degrees from Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri in 1985 and 1987 respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Food Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s Canada in 1999. He has done International training on “Global Nutrition 2002” at Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden in 2002. He also attended follow-up International workshop on “Global Nutrition 2002” at Hanoi, Vietnam in 2002. Dr. Chavan visited Denmark, Finland, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Vietnam, Thailand, England and U.S.A. under “Global Nutrition 2002” Programme sponsored by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). During this programme he worked on human nutritional diet and disorders as well as on genetically modified organisms (GMO). Dr. Chavan worked as Senior Research Assistant in the Department of Biochemistry and Food Science and Technology at Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri from 1988 to 2000. During his Ph. D., he worked as Technician/Research Associate at Atlantic Cool Climate Crop Research Center and Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada. He received D.Sc. degree in 2006 from USA. He has guided 22 students for M.Sc. (Agri.) in Biochemistry and Food Science and Technology. From 2000 to 2004 he worked as Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri. Dr. Chavan received Korgavkar Trust Fellowship, under-graduate and post-graduate merit scholarship as well as Senior Research Fellowship from ICAR, New Delhi and United States Department of Agriculture U.S.A. He received University Graduate Fellowship from Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s Canada for his Ph. D. programme. Dr. Chavan also received International Scholar Award and Excellentiam Award for his Ph. D. research work from Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s Canada. He has received a “Certificate of Appreciation” from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1992 for his work on processing of groundnut under the guidance of Dr. S. S. Kadam (Principal Investigator). He has written 129 research papers and 135 popular articles. He has authored 19 books in Marathi, 10 books in English and six book chapters in English. He has been awarded “Literary Award” for his best book on “Growth Regular” on agriculture during 1997. Dr. Chavan was selected as a best group leader and best presentation for “Global Nutrition 2002” by SIDA. He has been awarded “Life Time Achievement Award 2004” for his outstanding contribution in post-harvest technology of fruits and vegetables and allied fields by United Writers’ Association of India. He has been elected as a Fellow of United Writers’ Association of India in 2004. Dr. Chavan received pride of nation and Maharashtra Gunigan Ratna Award for 2006. He also received Jewels of India Award for 2006 for his contribution in the field of Food Science and Technology. He has been awarded “Literary Awards” for his best book on “Sorghum Grain Processing” on agriculture during 2009-2010 and Pulses cultivation to processing and value addition for 2012. He is recipient of “Krishi Goorav Award-2011” from Bhartiya Krishak Samaj, Maharashtra State, Nasik. He also contributed in the development of crop varieties in wheat NIAW-917 and in Sorghum Phule Anuradha (RSV 423), Phule Chitra (RSV 1546), Phule Suchitra (RSV 1098), Phule Vasudha (RSV 423), Phule Revati (RSV 1006), SPV-1626, Phule Panchami (RSPOV-3) for Sorghum pops, Phule Godhan (SPV-2057) for forage single cut, CSH-50 (Sweet Sorghum), Phule Madhur (RSSGV – 46) for sorghum hurda and Phule Rohini (RPASV-3) for sorghum papad. Now he is working as a Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Senior Cereal Food Technologist in Sorghum Improvement Project and Foreign Student Advisor at Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Dist., Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.

About The Book

Secondary products are generally small molecules when compared to the size of macro molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. Nowadays secondary metabolites are getting very important place in human diet because they are acting as a nutraceutical and having several medicinal properties. Secondary metabolic products from plants are classified in many different ways - by their function, by the species from which it is derived; or by chemical composition. Secondary metabolites have economic value in modern industry. They are natural sources to chemical compounds important in the pharmaceutical industry, precursors to important vitamins and raw material to many industrial products. Pigments are chemical compounds which reflect only certain wavelengths of visible light. This makes them appear “colourful”. They interact with light to absorb only certain wavelengths; pigments are useful to plants and other autotrophs organisms which make their own food using photosynthesis. In this book 20 chapters are giving information on plants secondary metabolites and 12 chapters on plant pigments. Plants secondary metabolites and pigments history, biosynthesis, structures and their benefits to the human being by various forms are discussed in details. Therefore, I hope this book will be useful to under-graduate as well as post-graduate students in Science Faculty, in Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Food Engineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Horticulture, Home Science and Industrial Sectors.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement v Preface vii Part I: Plants Secondary Metabolites 1. Introduction 3 <br/> 2. Alkaloids 15 <br/> 3. Alpha Amylase Inhibitor 33 <br/> 4. BOAA (Lathyrus) 67 <br/> 5. Carotenoids 85 <br/> 6. Chymotrypsin 95 <br/> 7. Flavonoids 103 <br/> 8. Glycosides 117 <br/> 9. Gossypol 123 <br/> 10. Non-protein Amino Acids 127 <br/> 11. Oxalic Acid 145 <br/> 12. Phytic Acid 151 <br/> 13. Phytoestrogens 165 <br/> 14. Polyphenols 175 <br/> 15. Saponin 189 <br/> 16. Steroids 217 <br/> 17. Tannins 233 <br/> 18. Terpenoids 321 <br/> 19. Trypsin Inhibitor 325 <br/> 20. Potential Health Benefits and Problems 339 <br/> Part II: Plant Pigments 21. General Biological Pigment 377 <br/> 22. Adaptive Colouration 387 <br/> 23. Anthocyanins 405 <br/> 24. Betalain 419 <br/> 25. Bioluminescence 427 <br/> 26. Carotenoids 437 <br/> 27. Chlorophyll 447 <br/> 28. Chromatophore 465 <br/> 29. Melanin 477 <br/> 30. Photo-Protective Pigments 491 <br/> 31. Lighting and Physiology 499 <br/> 32. Tetrapyrroles 523 <br/> Index 53