Plants synthesize an extensive array of secondary metabolites, often with highly complex
structures. Currently, most pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites are isolated …

The immense chemical diversity of plant-derived secondary metabolites coupled with their
vast array of biological functions has seen this group of compounds attract considerable …

Plants produce metabolites that directly decrease herbivore performance, and as a
consequence, herbivores are selected for resistance to these metabolites. To determine …

Alkaloids represent an extensive group of nitrogen-containing secondary metabolites that
are widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom. The pyridine alkaloids of tobacco …

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is a widely cultivated crop of the genus Nicotiana. Due to
the highly addictive nature of tobacco products, tobacco smoking remains the leading cause …

Transcription factors of the plant‐specific apetala2/ethylene response factor (AP2/ERF)
family control plant secondary metabolism, often as part of signalling cascades induced by …

This book is intended to provide a general introduction to this exciting field of plant cell and
tissue culture as tool in biotechnology, without overly dwelling on detailed descriptions of all …

Plants deploy chemical defenses in complex mixtures, which are thought to be adaptive, but
experimental tests have used artificial diets rather than plants. Herbivore attack on Nicotiana …

The model plant Nicotiana benthamiana is an increasingly attractive organism for the
production of high‐value, biologically active molecules. However, N. benthamiana …

Plants display an amazing ability to synthesize a vast array of secondary metabolites that
are an inexhaustible source of phytochemicals, bioactive molecules some of which impact …