Annual Plant Reviews, Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism
, by Wink, MichaelNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781405183970 | 1405183977
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 5/24/2010
This important new edition of an extremely popular and successful Annual Plant Review volume commences with an overview of the biochemistry, physiology, functions and utilisation of plant secondary metabolites, followed by detailed surveys of alkaloids and betalains, cyanogenic glycosides, glucosinolates and non-protein amino acids, phenyl propanoids and related compounds, and terpenoids (monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, sterols, cardiac glycosides and steroid saponins). A chapter is also included covering the importance of secondary metabolites in taxonomy, as viewed from the perspective of molecular systematics.