Plant-derived Natural Products Synthesis, Function, and Application - Osbourn, Anne E.; Lanzotti, Virginia; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
The chemical composition of plants -- to the Different Classes of Natural Products -- Natural Products from Seaweeds -- Use of Secondary Metabolite Variation in Crop Improvement -- Approaches to the Analysis of Plant-Derived Natural Products -- Opportunities and Challenges for Ethnobotany at the Start of the Twenty-First Century -- Secondary metabolite biosynthesis -- to the Different Classes of Biosynthetic Enzymes -- Methods for Molecular Identification of Biosynthetic Enzymes in Plants -- Regulation of Secondary Metabolism by Jasmonate Hormones -- Metabolite Channeling and Multi-enzyme Complexes -- Glycosylation of Secondary Metabolites and Xenobiotics -- Handling Dangerous Molecules: Transport and Compartmentation of Plant Natural Products -- Participation of Phytochemicals in Plant Development and Growth -- Biological activity -- Biological Activity of Defence-Related Plant Secondary Metabolites -- The Role of Natural Products in Plant-Microbe Interactions -- Role of Natural Products in Nature: Plant-Insect Interactions -- Oligosaccharide Signalling Molecules -- Biological Activity of Allelochemicals -- Health Benefits of Dietary Plant Natural Products -- Floral Scents and Fruit Aromas Inspired by Nature -- New trends -- Bioengineering -- Genome Wide Approaches in Natural Product Research -- Metabolomics and the Detection of Unintended Effects in Genetically Modified Crops -- Recent Advances in Traditional Medicines and Dietary Supplements -- Plant-derived natural products as leads for drug discovery -- Speciality Non-food Crops.
Keywords: Plant science; Botany; Plant biochemistry; Plant anatomy; Plant development; Plant pathology; Plant genetics; Plant Sciences; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Pathology; Plant Genetics and Genomics