GC and GC-MS of terpenoids

LÓPEZ M.L; DAMBOLENA J. S.; ZUNINO M. P.; ZYGADLO J.A.

Isolation, identification and characterization of allelochemical/natural products. Book series: Research methods in Plant Science: Allelopathy

Science Publishers

Lugar: New Hampshire, USA; Año: 2009; p. 203 - 237

Allelopathy is a newly emerging multidisciplinary field of agricultural research.Till now, a lot of allelopathy research work has been done in various fields of Agriculture and Plant Sciences. However, no standard methods are being used by various workers due to lack of compendium on the techniques, hence, the results obtained are not easily comparable with each other. This situation has caused a lot of problems to researchers working in underdeveloped/third world countries in small towns, where library and research facilities are not available. Therefore, to make available the standard methods for conducting allelopathy research work, this multi-volume book has been planned, with one volume each for each discipline. In all the conferences held worldwide since 1990’s, a need has always been felt for a Manual of Allelopathy Research Methods. Hence, Prof. S.S. Narwal has planned this multivolume book Research Methods in Plant Sciences : Allelopathy. The objective of this book series is to provide research workers, this information about various methods, so that they can conduct research independently. The methods have been described in a simple manner. Discovery of new bioactive compounds from natural products/secondary metabolites has played a major role in the development of organic chemistry. The ecological role of these allelochemicals/natural products as herbicides, insecticides and fungicides for ecological/organic sustainable agriculture has recently drawn great attention, due to increasing public concern against synthetic pesticides. Current researches on natural products emphasize not only the need of structural elucidation of the isolated compounds, but also of their natural biological function and possible utility for human purposes. These concerns require reliable protocols for such studies, which sometimes are not available worldwide. In allelopathy research, identification of allelochemicals is always required. Majority of researchers in under developed/third world countries, do not identify such allelochemicals, mainly because of non-compilation of such methods in book form.