Biochemistry of plant secondary metabolism
By: edited by Michael Wink.
Contributors: Wink, Michael.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Annual plant reviews -- v. 40
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.; Wiley-Interscience; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781405183970
Subjects: Plants -- Metabolism; Metabolism, Secondary; Botanical chemistry
Description: "This new edition of Volume 2 of this series 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." --NHBS Environment Bookstore.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.