BIOLOGY 415 PLANT CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS. Winter Term, 2000

Gums, Resins and Latex: SELECTED REFERENCES


Archer, B. L. and B. G. Audley. 1973. Rubber, gutta percha and chicle. Pp. 310-343 in Phytochemistry, Vol. II, L. P. Miller, ed., Van Nostrand and Reinhold Co., NY.

Atkins, E. D. T. (ed.). 1985. Polysaccharides. Topics in Structure and Morphology. VCH Verlagsgescllschaft, Weinhein, Germany.

Anderson, K. B. and J. C. Crelling (eds.) 1995. Amber, Resinite, and Fossil Resins. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.

D'Auzac, J., J. L. Jacob and H. Crestin (eds.). 1988. Physiology of Rubber Tree Latex. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL.

Davidson, R. L. (ed.). 1981. Handbook of Water-soluble Gums and Resins. McGraw-Hill Book Co., NY.

Dell, D. and A. J. McComb. 1978. Plant resins - their formation, secretion and possible functions. Advs. in Bot. Res. 6: 277-316.

Duffus, C. M. and J. H. Duffus. 1984. Carbohydrate Metabolism in Plants. Longman, Inc., London.

Dussourd, D. E. and R. F. Denno 1994. Host range of generalist caterpillars: Trenching permits feeding on plants with secretory canals. Ecology 75: 69-78.

Eastwood,M. and C. A. Edwards. 1991. Fibrous polysaccharides. pp. 258-284 in Toxic Substances in Crop Plants. J. P. Felix D'Mello, C. M. Duffus and J. H. Duffus (eds.), Royal Soc. Chem., Cambridge. The nature and effects of dietary fiber are discussed.

El Khadem, H. S. 1988. Carbohydrate Chemistry. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Funk, C. et al., 1994. Regulation of oleoresinosis in grand fir (Abies grandis). Plant Physiol.106: 999-1005.

Glicksman, M. (ed.). 1983. Food Hydrocelluloids. 2 vols. CRC Press, NY. A variety of polymers including many gums and plant exudates are covered in terms of their chemistry and their use in foods.

Glore, S. R. et al. 1994. Soluble fiber and serum lipids: A literature review. J. Am. Dietetic Assoc. 94: 425-536.

Hillis, W. E. 1987. Heartwood and Tree Exudates. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Johnson, J. D. and C. W. Hinman. 1980. Oil and rubber from arid land plants. Science 208: 460-464.

Kritchevsky, D. and C. Bonfield (eds.) 1997. Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease. Plenum Press, New York, NY.

Lambert, J. B. and J. S. Frye. 1982. Carbon functionalities in amber. Science 217: 55-57.

**Langenheim, J. H. 1990. Plant resins. Am. Scientist 78: 16-24.

Meuser, R., D. J. Manners, and W. Seibel. 1993. Plant Polymeric Carbohydrates. Royal Soc. of Chemistry, London.

Nussinovitch, A. 1997. Hydrocolloid Applications: Gum Technology in the Food and Other Industries. Blackie Academic & Professional, London.

Rice, P. C. 1980. Amber, the Golden Gem of the Ages. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., NY.

Schery, R. W. 1972. Plants for Man, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall, Engelwood Cliffs, NJ . Pp. 205-224 cover latex and its products, pp. 225-246 deal with pectins, gums and resins.

Stephan, A. M. 1980. Plant carbohydrates. Encycl. Plant Physiol. N.S. 8: 555-584. Extensive coverage of gums and evolution of carbohydrates.

**Tyler, V. E.. 1988. Pharmacognosy. (9th ed.), Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. pp. 45-56 cover gums and mucilages from chemical and pharmacological viewpoints.

Vietmeyer, N. D. 1979. Guayule. Domestic natural rubber rediscovered. Pp. 167-176 in New Agricultural Crops, G. A. Ritchie, ed. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.

Warren, L. 1994. Bound Carbohydrates in Nature. Cambridge Univ. Press. Cambridge.

Weisz, P. B. and J. F. Marshall. 1979. High-grade fuels from biomass farming: Potentials and constraints. Science 206: 24-29.

Williams, P. A. and G. O. Phillips (eds.) 1998. Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry 9. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge.

Wise, D. L. (ed.). 1981. Fuel Gas Production from Biomass. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.


* Special interest.

** Suggested reading.



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