Biology Of Floral Scent
by Natalia Dudareva /
2006 / English / PDF
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As with nearly all living creatures, humans have always been
attracted and intrigued by floral scents. Yet, while we have been
manufacturing perfumes for at least 5000 years to serve a myriad of
religious, sexual, and medicinal purposes, until very recently, the
limitation of our olfactory faculty has greatly hindered our
capacity to clearly and objectively measure scent. Today, thanks to
advances in practical methodologies and affordable instrumentation,
we are now able to collect, separate, and identify volatile
compounds with aromatic impact. These advances are leading to much
intensive investigation that has already resulted in many highly
insightful and useful discoveries.
As with nearly all living creatures, humans have always been
attracted and intrigued by floral scents. Yet, while we have been
manufacturing perfumes for at least 5000 years to serve a myriad of
religious, sexual, and medicinal purposes, until very recently, the
limitation of our olfactory faculty has greatly hindered our
capacity to clearly and objectively measure scent. Today, thanks to
advances in practical methodologies and affordable instrumentation,
we are now able to collect, separate, and identify volatile
compounds with aromatic impact. These advances are leading to much
intensive investigation that has already resulted in many highly
insightful and useful discoveries.
Biology of Floral Scent provides the first comprehensive treatment
of the biology of floral scents. It reviews the impressive research
being done across several disciplines, incorporating molecular
biology, enzymology, chemistry, entomology, genetic engineering,
and functional genomics. Organized into a single volume for the
first time, this landmark work covers every major aspect of floral
scent research including-
Biology of Floral Scent provides the first comprehensive treatment
of the biology of floral scents. It reviews the impressive research
being done across several disciplines, incorporating molecular
biology, enzymology, chemistry, entomology, genetic engineering,
and functional genomics. Organized into a single volume for the
first time, this landmark work covers every major aspect of floral
scent research including-Function and significance in the interactions between plants
and pollinators
Function and significance in the interactions between plants
and pollinatorsComposition and enzymology
Composition and enzymologyEvolutionary aspects
Evolutionary aspectsCommercial applications, including the use of recently
identified scent genes to genetically engineer flowers to produce
new scents
Commercial applications, including the use of recently
identified scent genes to genetically engineer flowers to produce
new scents
Meeting the needs of plant scientists, cell and molecular
biologists, natural product chemists, pharmacognosists, and
entomologists, as well as students in these fields, this work
provides the background, findings, and insight that will
stimulate new research to further advance an understanding of
floral scent biology.
Meeting the needs of plant scientists, cell and molecular
biologists, natural product chemists, pharmacognosists, and
entomologists, as well as students in these fields, this work
provides the background, findings, and insight that will
stimulate new research to further advance an understanding of
floral scent biology.
