Annual Plant Reviews, Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism by Wink, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Series Contributors Preface Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: BIOCHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF SECONDARY METABOLITES

1.1 Introduction 1.2 Biosynthesis 1.3 Transport, storage and turnover 1.4 Costs of secondary metabolism 1.5 Ecological role of secondary metabolites References

Chapter 2: BIOSYNTHESIS OF ALKALOIDS AND BETALAINS

2.1 Introduction 2.2 Nicotine and tropane alkaloids 2.3 Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) 2.4 Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids 2.5 Monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIA) 2.6 Ergot alkaloids 2.7 Acridone alkaloid biosynthesis 2.8 Purine alkaloids 2.9 Taxol 2.10 Betalains 2.11 Conclusions References

3.1 Introduction 3.2 Cyanogenic glycosides 3.3 Glucosinolates 3.4 Non-protein amino acids Acknowledgements References

Chapter 4: BIOSYNTHESIS OF PHENYLPROPANOIDS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS

4.1 Introduction 4.2 General phenylpropanoid pathway and formation of hydroxycinnamate conjugates 4.3 Coumarins 4.4 Lignans 4.5 Gallotannins and ellagitannins 4.6 Conclusion References

Chapter 5: BIOCHEMISTRY OF TERPENOIDS: MONOTERPENES, SESQUITERPENES AND DITERPENES*

5.1 Introduction 5.2 Function 5.3 Biosynthesis 5.4 Conclusions References

6.1 Introduction 6.2 Sterols 6.3 Cardiac glycosides 6.4 Brassinosteroids 6.5 Phytoecdysteroids 6.6 Steroid saponins and steroid alkaloids 6.7 Conclusions References

7.1 Introduction 7.2 Establishment of chemotaxonomy as a research discipline 7.3 Developments in small molecule chemotaxonomy over the past 35 years 7.4 Molecular biology and plant taxonomy 7.5 Comparison between patterns of secondary metabolites and molecular phylogeny 7.6 Evolution of plant secondary metabolism Acknowledgements References

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