Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. History of Secondary Metabolites. 3. General Biosynthetic Pathways. 4. Essential Oils/Terpenes/Terpenoids. 5. Alkaloids. 6. Glycosides and Plant Pigments. 7. Gums and Mucilages. 8. Oleoresins. 9. Plant Amines and Poisonous Plants. 10. Assay of Secondary Metabolites. 11. Biotechnological Approaches and Applications of Plant Secondary Metabolites. References. Index.
