Jeffrey Harborne: Difference between revisions

In his book, [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phytochemical-Methods-Modern-Techniques-Analysis/dp/0412572702 Phytochemicals Methods: A Guide to Modern Techniques] of Plant Analysis Harborne described a number of analytical methods in plant chemistry that he developed for the system of distribution of anthocyanins in major plant groups. In Comparative Biochemistry of the flavonoids described the biochemistry of flavonoids in various plant groups. In the scientific journal Natural Product Reports wrote a series of review articles about the discovery of anthocyanins and other flavonoids. In his book Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry, he described the ecological role of natural substances. The publication of this book is seen as the starting point of the study of environmental chemistry. Developments in the chemical ecology he described in a series of review articles in Natural Product Reports. He was (co) authored about 270 research and review articles. He was also author or editor of some forty books.

Harborne was from 1972 executive editor of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytochemistry_%28journal%29[Phytochemistry (journal)|journal Phytochemistry]]. Between 1986 and 1999 he was chief editor of this magazine. He was the founder of the magazine Analysis Phytochemicals and he was editor of Methods in Plant Biochemistry.