In Chapter 1, we presented a compilation of the many types of chemical compounds that
plants produce. Now the question arises: How do plants synthesize these compounds, and …

As the shortcomings of purely synthetic approaches to biochemical discovery and
development are becoming more apparent, a renaissance of interest in the chemistry of …

Plants or their crude extracts have been used since prehistory to treat human ailments.
Plants are still used in this way in many parts of the world, but Western scientific medicine …

Linus Pauling [NL 1954 (Chemistry), 1962 (Peace)] once said “A good book or a speech
should be like a Lady's dress. It should be long enough to cover the essentials and short …

Im Gegensatz zu existierenden Fachbüchern, die sich entweder ausschließlich auf die
pharmakologischen Eigenschaften von pflanzlichen Naturstoffen konzentrieren oder den …

Phytochemicals, as the word implies, are the individual chemicals from which plants are
made. In this chapter, we will look at these materials, specifically, the organic components of …

The plant kingdom is one of the richest sources of bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical
potential. A special feature of higher plants is their ability to produce a great number of …

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 …

Plants produce a vast number of bioactive compounds with different chemical scaffolds,
which modulate a diverse range of molecular targets and are used as drugs for treating …