Biodiversity and natural product diversity/ Francesco Pietra

Preface
Definitions of abbreviations for the charts and tables
Part I. The concept of biodiversity
Chapter 1. Defining biodiversity
1.1 Biodiversity at species level (3)
1.2 Biodiversity at higher taxononiic levels (4)
1.3 Biodiversity at genetic level (4)
1.4 Biodiversity at ecosystem level (4)

Chapter 2. The course of biodiversity
Part II. The relationship between biodiversity and natural product diversity

Chapter 3. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and natural products

Chapter 4. The problem of unculturable species

Chapter 5. Natural product diversity: at which rank?
5.1 The molecular rank (13)
5.2 The taxonomic and ecological rank (15)

Part III. Natural product diversity at ecosystem level

Chapter 6. Terrestrial and freshwater biomes
6.1 Tropical rain forest, grassland and savanna, scrub and deciduous forest (20)
6.1.1 American tropical and subtropical land (22)
6.1.2 Africantropical and subtropical land (24)
6.1.3 Eastern tropical and subtropical land (25)
6.2 Temperate grassland, deciduous forest, and chaparral (27)
6.3 The taiga and the tundra (33)

Chapter 7. The oceans
7.1 Zonation of the seas and oceans (35)
7.2 Indo-Pacific (40)
7.3 Caribbean (50)
7.4 Panamanian (52)
7.5 Mediterranean (53)
7.6 North Pacific (54)
7.7 South Pacific (56)
7.8 North Atlantic (57)
7.9 South Atlantic (58)
7.10 Zealandic (58)
7.11 Arctic (59)
7.12 Antarctic (59)
7.13 Internal seas (59)

Chapter 8.The widespread distribution of natural products
8.1 The widespread distribution of natural products onland (61)
8.2 The widespread distribution of natural products in the oceans (66)
8.3 Found both on land and in the sea (71)

Chapter 9. Terrestrial vs marine natural product diversity

Chapter 10. Life under extreme conditions

Chapter 11. Graphic analysis of the skeletal diversity and complexity of natural products

Part IV. Natural product diversity at functional level

Chapter 12. Signaling, defensive, and environmentally relevant metabolites .
12.1 Recruiting, alarming^ and growth stimulating agents (108)
12.2 Antifeedant and antimicrobial agents (111)
12.3 Toxins and environmentally noxious metabolites (117)
12.4 Messengers of biodiversity (125)
12.5 Mediators of signals (126)

Chapter 13. Exploiting natural product diversity
13.1 Food, food additives, and food processing from land and the oceans (131)
13. 2 Commercial natural drugs and folk medicines (137)
13.3 Natural products, derivatives, and extracts in development as drugs (156)
13.4 Fragrances and cosmetics (167)
13.5 Technological compounds and laboratory tools (172)
13.6 Drugs of abuse (197)

Part V. Biotechnology and chemical synthesis of natural products

Chapter 14. The role of biotechnology
14.1 Biotechnologyand natural products (206)
14.2 Biocatalysis (212)

Chapter 15. The role of chemical synthesis

Part VI. Threatening and management of natural product diversity

Chapter 16. Threatening natural product diversity
16.1 Fossil molecules and past natural product diversity (270)
16.2 Endangered natural products (274)
16.2.1 Threats from farming and urbanization (274)
16.2.2 Threats from the introduction of alien species (276)
16.2.3 Threats from toxicity, ecotoxicity, and climate changes following industrialization (280)
16.2.4 Threats from biotechnology (283)
16.2.5A tentative list ofendangered natural products (284)
16.3 Our biased view? (297)
Chapter 17. Management of natural product diversity 299
17.1 Preserving natural product diversity through the management of living species (300)
17.2 Preserving natural product diversity through collections and gene banks(302)

References
Index