Plants contain numerous natural products (secondary metabolites) that may not participate
directly in their growth and development but play an important role in ecological interactions …

Plants produce an enormous variety of natural products with highly diverse structures. These
products are commonly termed “secondary metabolites” in contrast to the “primary …

This book includes a chapter on each of the following aspects: types of natural products
produced by plants; functions of phytochemicals; regulation of their synthesis; uses by …

Plants produce a huge array of natural products (secondary metabolites). These compounds
have important ecological functions, providing protection against attack by herbivores and …

Natural products are in the form of primary and secondary metabolites and are isolated
chemical compounds or substances from living organisms. Terpenes, Phenolic compounds …

Higher plants are remarkable in their ability to produce a vast array of diverse metabolites
varying in chemical complexity and biological activity. Natural products have historically …

Natural products are elaborated by many classes of organisms but they are made in
especially large numbers by some types of bacteria, fungi and plants. It is on these …

Natural products, as the term implies, are those chemical compounds derived from living
organisms, plants, animals, insects, and the study of natural products is the investigation of …

More than about 20 000 secondary metabolites have now been identified and their isolation
and characterization continues at an undiminishing rate. Although the production of most …

Plants produce a vast and diverse assortment of organic compounds, the great majority of
which do not appear to participate directly in growth and development. These substances …