Author(s): Cseke
Edition: 2
Publisher: CRC
Year: 2006
Language: English
Commentary: +OCR
Pages: 569
Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 0849329760......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
The Editors......Page 10
Contributors......Page 14
Contents......Page 16
1. Phytochemicals: The Chemical Components of Plants......Page 18
2. How and Why These Compounds Are Synthesized by Plants......Page 68
3. Regulation of Metabolite Synthesis in Plants......Page 118
4. Plant Natural Products in the Rhizosphere......Page 160
5. Molecular Biology of Plant Natural Products......Page 182
6. The Study of Plant Natural Product Biosynthesis in the Pregenomics and Genomics Eras......Page 220
7. Plant Biotechnology for the Production of Natural Products......Page 238
8. Traditional, Analytical, and Preparative Separations of Natural Products......Page 280
9. Characterization of Natural Products......Page 336
10. Bioassays for Activity......Page 406
11. Modes of Action at Target Sites......Page 432
12. The Uses of Plant Natural Products by Humans and Risks Associated with Their Use......Page 458
13. The Synergy Principle at Work with Plants, Pathogens, Insects, Herbivores, and Humans......Page 492
14. Plant Conservation......Page 520
15. Relationship between People and Plants......Page 552
Appendix......Page 564
