This brand new Annual Plant Reviews volume is the second edition of
the highly successful and well-received Functions of Plant
Secondary Metabolites and their Exploitation in Biotechnology
(Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 3).
This exciting new volume provides an up-to-date survey of the
functions of plant secondary metabolites, their modes of action and
their use in pharmacology as molecular probes, in medicine as
therapeutic agents, and in agriculture as biorational pesticides.
The possibilities to produce valuable natural products in plant
cell and tissue culture and even in recombinant microorganisms are
also reviewed.
This carefully compiled new edition brings together chapters
from some of the world's leading experts in plant secondary
metabolites. Completely revised and brought right up to date with
much new information, this volume is an essential purchase for
advanced students, researchers and professionals in biochemistry,
physiology, molecular biology, genetics, plant sciences,
agriculture, medicine, pharmacology and pharmacy, working in the
academic and industrial sectors, including those working in the
pesticide and pharmaceutical industries. Libraries in all
universities and research establishments where these subjects are
studied and taught will need copies of this excellent volume on
their shelves.
* A companion volume Annual Plant Reviews Volume
40, Biochemistryof Plant Secondary
Metabolism, Second Edition, Edited by M. Wink, is also
available.
