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Future for Natural Products

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Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture

Abstract

A host of plant, animal, fungal, and bacterially derived chemicals, often known as natural products, are involved in many aspects of human existence. These natural products may be used as purified compounds or as components of complex mixtures which serve as medicines, pesticides, flavorings, herbicides, dyestuffs, tanning agents, rubber, food preservatives, detergents, perfumes, resins, gums, etc., as well as such esoteric uses as arrow poisons or piscicides. Some are the active components of masticatories such as tobacco, khat, and betel; others provide the stimulating effects of beverages; some provide sweetness, while yet others are basic components of the foods we eat. Natural products produced by fungi are frequent food contaminants. Man has even used some natural products to poison other human beings. What is the future of man’s usage of these compounds?

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  1. Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL, 33850, USA

    Herbert N. Nigg

  2. Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 289 Morrill Hall 505 S. Goodwin Street, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    David S. Seigler

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Nigg, H.N., Seigler, D.S. (1992). Future for Natural Products. In: Nigg, H.N., Seigler, D. (eds) Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2584-8_13

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