Phytochemistry of Australia's Tropical Rainforest : Medicinal Potential of Ancient Plants.

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Introduction
1 Tropical rainforests: tales of plunder and protection
A PRECIOUS RESOURCE
MEDICINAL PLANTS: A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY
AUSTRALIA'S TROPICAL NORTH: PIONEER VISIONS
THE TIMBER TRADE
CEDAR AS MEDICINE
THE CONTENTIOUS ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
RAINFOREST REVEGETATION: PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE
RAINFOREST OAKS: RARE AND PRIMITIVE PROTEACEAE
AUSTRALIAN TROPICAL RAINFOREST PROTEACEAE
EXTINCTION IN THE TROPICS
CONSERVING RAINFOREST BIODIVERSITY
A FUTURE FOR OUR LAND?
REFERENCES
2 Primeval links to the modern world
THE AGE OF THE PTERIDOPHYTES
ANCIENT LYCOPODS: RARE TASSEL FERNS (HUPERZIA AND PHLEGMARIURUS)
AQUATICS: THE EARLIEST FLOWERS OF THE WATERWAYS
WATERLILIES AS FOOD
MEDICINAL WATERLILIES: AN EXTENSIVE REPERTOIRE
REFERENCES
3 Timeless treasures: Gondwana and the rainforest refuge
ANCESTRAL GONDWANAN CONTINENTAL LINKS: THE SOUTHERN BEECHES
ANCIENT ANGIOSPERMS
AN EVOLVING TIME CAPSULE
SPECIAL PLACES: TROPICAL CLOUD FORESTS
ANGIOSPERMS OF ANTIQUITY
AUSTROBAILEYA: A RAINFOREST SPECIALIST
AN UNUSUAL NATIVE 'BITTER VINE'
IDIOSPERMUM IDIOSYNCRASIES
REFERENCES
4 Ancient gymnosperms
GYMNOSPERM ODDITIES
CYCADS: A 'LIVING FOSSIL' LINEAGE
ANCIENT ARAUCARIANS
RESIN DITERPENES
ANCIENT ENDOPHYTES AS ANTICANCER DRUG RESOURCES
REFERENCES
5 Pines and podocarps: environmental refugees
PODOCARPS: SURVIVAL AND STRATEGIC ADAPTATION
GONDWANAN SURVIVORS
NATIVE PODOCARPS
PODOCARPS AS TRADITIONAL REMEDIES
NATIVE CYPRESS
CYPRESS RESINS AND OILS
THE MAGIC OF 'MEDICINAL SMOKE'
CALLITRIS: PESTICIDE AND ANTI-TUMOUR STUDIES
THE SEA HEARSE: AN ANTICANCER HERB?
REFERENCES.

6 Magnoliids: survivors from prehistory
MAGNOLIALES: VISIONS OF SPLENDOUR
MEDICINAL MAGNOLIA
LIRIODENDRON TULIP TREES: ANCIENT SURVIVORS FROM AMERICA AND CHINA
PRIMEVAL POLLINATORS
EUPOMATIA: THE NATIVE GUAVA
PIGEONBERRY ASH: A DIVINATORY TROPICAL TREE
REFERENCES
7 Myristica: nutmeg and mace
AUSTRALIA'S NATIVE NUTMEGS
A TROPICAL 'CAPE NUTMEG' (HORSFIELDIA AUSTRALIANA)
THE NUTMEG SPICE
POTENT SPICE CHEMICALS
SAFROLE: TOXICOLOGICAL CONCERNS
MEDICINAL MYRISTICA
A MISTAKEN HALLUCINOGEN?
REFERENCES
8 Antipodean phytochemicals
EARLY PHYTOCHEMICAL ENTERPRISES
THE AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST: VENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN
BOTANICAL LINKS WITH NEW GUINEA
ELLIPTICINE AND THE OCHROSIA PLUM
LOST OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW DIRECTIONS
BUILDING ON THE PAST
BLUSHWOOD: AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY
REFERENCES
9 Phytochemistry of the laurels
SOUTHERN SASSAFRAS
RAINFOREST MONIMIACEAE
LAURACEAE: ALKALOIDS AND ANTI-TUMOUR TESTING
NATIVE CAMPHOR
CINNAMON: RESURRECTION OF AN ANCIENT HERB
LITSEA AND NEOLITSEA
MEDICINAL LINDERA
CUBEBS: THE FRAGRANT LITSEA
THE BOLLY BEECH, LITSEA GLUTINOSA
PARASITIC DODDERS: CASSYTHA AND CUSCUTA
REFERENCES
10 Rare and toxic rainforest walnuts
SURVIVAL IN THE FOREST
THE RAINFOREST WALNUTS
FORAGING FOR FRUIT
THE GENUS BEILSCHMIEDIA
CRYPTOCARYA: MEDICINES FROM TOXINS?
A RARE POISON WALNUT
COCONUT LAURELS: THE MEDICINAL MASSOIA
REFERENCES
11 Annonaceae: poisons, parasites and pesticides
ANCIENT ANNONACEAE
AUSTRALIAN ANNONACEAE
SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ASSOCIATES
FEBRIFUGES AND ANTIPARASITIC HERBS
BIOACTIVE ANNONACEAE ALKALOIDS
ANTIBACTERIAL ANNONACEAE
XYLOPIA: A PANTROPICAL SURVIVOR
FAMED FRAGRANCE OF THE ORIENT: YLANG-YLANG
TOXIC DEFENCES
TICKS, LICE AND WORMS.

ACETOGENINS: A POTENT, BUT POISONOUS, PHARMACY
A CURE FOR CANCER?
THE PESTILENTIAL POND APPLE (ANNONA GLABRA)
REFERENCES
12 Spices of ancient origins
THE RAINFOREST PEPPERBUSHES
POLYGODIAL: AN EFFECTIVE ANTIMICROBIAL?
AN EXPANDING PHARMACY: ESSENTIAL OIL SESQUITERPENES
ANCIENT PEPPERS: THE PIPER VINES
PEPPER VINE MEDICINES
PEPPER: OLEORESINS AND OILS
NATIVE PEPPER VINES
PEPEROMIA: FORGOTTEN FOLK MEDICINES?
PIPERINE: A POTENT PHARMACEUTICAL
PIPER FOR PARASITES
PIPER: A TRADITIONAL PHARMACOPOEIA
REFERENCES
13 Birthworts and butterflies
ARISTOLOCHIA: THE ART OF ENTICEMENT
NATIVE AND EXOTIC BIRTHWORTS
BUTTERFLIES IN THE BUSH
BIRTHWORTS IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
SHOCKING REVELATIONS: ARISTOLOCHIC ACID, THE HIDDEN TOXIN
TRICKY TRANSLATIONS
A CARCINOGEN REVEALED
HERBS THAT PROTECT KIDNEY FUNCTION
IMMUNE TONICS AND ANTIMICROBIALS
INVESTIGATING ARISTOLOCHIA
WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
REFERENCES
Appendix: Ancient angiosperm plant families: plants with an ancient lineage native to the tropics of Northern Australia
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