Plant-derived Natural Products: Synthesis, Function, and Application

The chemical composition of plants.- to the Different Classes of Natural Products.- Natural Products from Seaweeds.- Use of Secondary Metabolite Variation in Crop Improvement.- Approaches to the Analysis of Plant-Derived Natural Products.- Opportunities and Challenges for Ethnobotany at the Start of the Twenty-First Century.- Secondary metabolite biosynthesis.- to the Different Classes of Biosynthetic Enzymes.- Methods for Molecular Identification of Biosynthetic Enzymes in Plants.- Regulation of Secondary Metabolism by Jasmonate Hormones.- Metabolite Channeling and Multi-enzyme Complexes.- Glycosylation of Secondary Metabolites and Xenobiotics.- Handling Dangerous Molecules: Transport and Compartmentation of Plant Natural Products.- Participation of Phytochemicals in Plant Development and Growth.- Biological activity.- Biological Activity of Defence-Related Plant Secondary Metabolites.- The Role of Natural Products in Plant-Microbe Interactions.- Role of Natural Products in Nature: Plant-Insect Interactions.- Oligosaccharide Signalling Molecules.- Biological Activity of Allelochemicals.- Health Benefits of Dietary Plant Natural Products.- Floral Scents and Fruit Aromas Inspired by Nature.- New trends.- Bioengineering.- Genome Wide Approaches in Natural Product Research.- Metabolomics and the Detection of Unintended Effects in Genetically Modified Crops.- Recent Advances in Traditional Medicines and Dietary Supplements.- Plant-derived natural products as leads for drug discovery.- Speciality Non-food Crops.