Natural Antioxidants and Biocides from Wild Medicinal Plants

This book provides an up-to-date treatment of antioxidant and biocidal compounds from Latin American plants. Descriptions are given for antioxidants with medicinal and biocidal properties; peptides with insecticidal and antimicrobial properties; and phytoecdysteroids, alkaloids, polyphenols, terpenoids with allelochemical properties.