Description
Book SynopsisRecent advances in science have clarified the role of plant specialized metabolites (classically known as plant secondary metabolites), which cannot be considered only bioactive molecules used for human health but also pivotal factors for the global ecosystem. They play major roles in plant life, evolution, and mutualism. To provide the reader a general view of plant specialized metabolites, it is important to consider both the biochemistry and the functional/ecological role of these important compounds.
Around 200,000 specialized metabolites are formed by a wide array of plant metabolic pathways from numerous plant taxa and through learning how other species (including human beings) rely on them. Plant Specialized Metabolism: Genomics, Biochemistry, and Biological Functions will provide the reader with special insights into the sophisticated nature of these metabolites and their various and valuable uses based on the most recent findings in science.
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Table of Contents
Introduction to plant specialized metabolism. Chemotaxonomic significance and bioinformatics of specialized metabolites. Site of synthesis of specialized metabolites. Biosynthesis and regulation of plant volatiles, and their functional roles in ecosystem interactions and global environmental changes. Biosynthesis and regulation of nitrogen-containing specialized metabolites (alkaloids), and their in planta transport system. Biosynthesis, regulation, and significance of plant phenolics (phenylpropanoid, anthocyanins and flavonoids). Pivotal nature of specialized metabolites derived from micro-organisms in the ecology and the survival strategies, and development of biopolymer producing bacteria. Multitrophic interactions and plant signaling via specialized metabolites. Plant-pollinator interactions and plant signaling via specialized metabolites. Detoxification system for plant specialized metabolites in insect herbivores. Medicinal plants and their bioactive extracts.
