Téléchargez le livre : Bioprospecting

Bioprospecting

Success, Potential and Constraints de

,

Éditeur :

Springer


Collection :

Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation

Paru le : 2016-12-12

eBook Téléchargement , DRM LCP 🛈 DRM Adobe 🛈
Lecture en ligne (streaming)
148,39 €
Téléchargement immédiat
Dès validation de votre commande
Image Louise Reader présentation

Louise Reader

Lisez ce titre sur l'application Louise Reader.

badge apple Application Louise Reader
badge Android Application Louise Reader
Description

This book considers all aspects of bioprospecting in 14 succinct chapters and a forward by David Hawksworth. The organisms addressed include plants, insects, fungi, bacteria and phages. Bioprospecting has never been more relevant and is of renewed interest, because of the extremely worrying rise in novel, resistant pathogenic microorganisms. The practices in pharmaceutical companies have failed to deliver novel antibiotics to control these infections. We need to look for new sources of drugs from the environment on a massive scale as drug discovery is “too important to fail”. Furthermore, the field can add great value to ecosystems in terms of economics, while providing additional reasons for maintaining associated services, such as food provision, benign climate, effective nutrient cycling and cultural practices. Bioprospecting provides another reason why climate change must be reduced in order to preserve relevant environments. Previous bioprospecting projects should be re-visited and established biodiversity centres have a major role. Many different ecosystems exist which contain unique organisms with the potential to supply novel antibiotics, enzymes, food, and cosmetics, or they may simply have aesthetic value. The book stresses the difficulties in obtaining successful products and yet describes why natural products should be investigated over combinatorial chemistry. Personal experience of bioprospecting projects are given significance. Issues such as how to share the benefits equitably with local communities are described and why pharmaceutical companies can be reluctant to be involved. Legal issues are discussed. Finally, there has never been a better time for a new book on bioprospecting, because of the need to preserve ecosystems, and from the emergence of resistant pathogenic microorganisms.
Pages
303 pages
Collection
Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation
Parution
2016-12-12
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9783319479330
EAN PDF
9783319479354
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
3
Nombre pages imprimables
30
Taille du fichier
5847 Ko
Prix
148,39 €
EAN EPUB
9783319479354
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
3
Nombre pages imprimables
30
Taille du fichier
2089 Ko
Prix
148,39 €

Suggestions personnalisées