Mérillon J.-M., Ramawat K.G. (eds.) Glucosinolates

Springer, 2017. — 473 p. — (Reference Series in Phytochemistry). — ISBN: 978-3-319-25461-6.Glucosinolates, natural S-glycosides, have attained importance in recent years as new class of secondary metabolites of profound physiological properties. Glucosinolates are present in the 16 families of order Brassicales including Brassicaceae which contains several of daily vegetables (cabbage, radish, mustard, cauliflower, broccoli, horseradish, turnip, oilseed rape, etc.). Glucosinolates are accumulated in all plant parts such as root, shoot, stem, and seed and also contain an enzyme called myrosinase (b-thioglucosidase). Glucosinolates have become important parameter to breed and develop new crop varieties for human welfare. They possess wide ranging properties like bacteriocide, antioxidant, bioherbicide and fungicide, and anticarcinogenic; therefore, this book is a timely compilation of state of information about this rapidly developing field.
The book aims to present comprehensive and up-to-date information on this new and developing field.Biology, Phytochemistry, Genetics, and Defense.
Glucosinolates: Novel Sources and Biological Potential (Ivica Blažević, Sabine Montaut, Franko Burčul, and Patrick Rollin).
Genetics and Breeding of Brassica Crops (Pablo Velasco, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez, Marta Francisco, María Elena Cartea, and Pilar Soengas).
Glucosinolates in Food (Marco Possenti, Simona Baima, Antonio Raffo, Alessandra Durazzo, Anna Maria Giusti, and Fausta Natella).
Accumulation of Glucosinolates in Broccoli (Huiying Miao, Jiansheng Wang, Congxi Cai, Jiaqi Chang, Yanting Zhao, and Qiaomei Wang).
Regulation of Glucosinolate Metabolism: From Model Plant Arabidopsis thaliana to Brassica Crops (Rehna Augustine and Naveen C. Bisht).
Glucosinolate and Isothiocyanate Production for Weed Control in Plasticulture Production System (Sanjeev K. Bangarwa and Jason K. Norsworthy).
Glucosinolates and Plant Defense (Astha Singh).
Biological Activity.
Antimicrobial Activity of the Glucosinolates (Federica Saladino, Keliani Bordin, Fernando Bittencourt Luciano, Mónica Fernández Franzón, Jordi Mañes, and Giuseppe Meca).
Neuroprotective Effects of Glucosinolates (Cristina Angeloni, Silvana Hrelia, and Marco Malaguti).
Antileukemic Activity of Sulforaphane (Elena Catanzaro and Carmela Fimognari).
Sulforaphane and Atherosclerosis (Pon Velayutham Anandh Babu, Chrissa Petersen, and Zhenquan Jia).
Therapeutic Paradigm Underscoring Glucosinolate Sulforaphane in Chemo- and Radiosensitization of Cancer: Preclinical and Clinical Perspective (Sanjeev Banerjee and Shivani B. Paruthy).
Analytical and Processing Methods.
Changing Trends in the Methodologies of Extraction and Analysis of Hydrolytic Products of Glucosinolates: A Review (Rohit Arora, Sakshi Bhushan, and Saroj Arora).
Processing and Preparation of Brassica Vegetables and the Fate of Glucosinolates (Probo Yulianto Nugrahedi, Matthijs Dekker, and Ruud Verkerk).
Investigation of Glucosinolates by Mass Spectrometry (Giuliana Bianco, Raffaella Pascale, Filomena Lelario, Sabino A. Bufo, and Tommaso R. I. Cataldi).