Book ID: 72830
Walton, N. J. (ed.)
Chemicals from Plants: Perspectivs on Plant Secondary products. 1999. X, 425 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book is principally concerned with the relatively complex smallmolecules produced by plants, which are important as drugs, finechemicals, fragrances, flavours and biologically - active dietaryconstituents. In a wide - ranging series of thematic essays, it coverskey aspects of their role in plant ecology, their metabolism in theplant, their discovery, characterisation and use and their significancein the diet. Etc.