Solanaceae and Convolvulaceae: Secondary Metabolites. Biosynthesis, Chemotaxonomy, Biological and Economic Significance. A Handbook. 2007. 83 col. illustr. 107 b/w illustr. 615 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

This comprehensive and interdisciplinary handbook provides a birds-eyeof two centuries of research on secondary metabolites of the two large Solanales families, Solanaceae and Convolvulaceae. Here, they are arranged according to their biosynthetic principles, while theoccurrence and chemical structures of almost all known individualsecondary metabolites are covered. These are found in hundreds of wildas well as cultivated solanaceous and convolvulaceous species. In addition to the biosynthesis, the pharmacological, toxicological,ethnobotanical, ecological, and economic significance of the metabolitesis treated. A major aim of this book is the individual phytochemical characterization of the Solanales taxa on the species level.