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Alkaloid Biology and Metabolism in Plants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978)
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Alkaloid Biology and Metabolism in Plants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978)
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* This book is designed for the use of the advanced student and
professional worker interested in the international scientific
community, particularly those in the fields of agronomy,
agricultural sciences, botany, biological sciences, natural
products chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry and bio chemistry. The
purpose is to inform the reader about significant advances in the
biology and metabolism of alkaloids in plants. Since alkaloids are
generally referred to as "secondary metabolites," the reactions
discussed are not, for the most part, involved with the main
metabolic pathways. The reactions that we are interested in are
pathways that have been developed for the formation of these
secondary metabolites, using as their starting mole cules one of
the compounds produced via a main or primary metabolic path way.
The primary metabolic pathways are common to all plants, indeed to
most living organisms, whereas the highly specialized branches
leading to alkaloid formation are found in only about 10 to 20 % of
the known plants. The reason for these diversities in plant
metabolism is not clear; however, it seems likely that the
formation of highly individualized and specialized pathways
resulted as a response to the pressure of natural selection.
Nevertheless, the genetic peculiarity that controls alkaloid
production has provided many extremely interesting problems for
scientists and consti tutes convincing evidence of nature's
superior ability in biochemistry."
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