Michael Wink - Annual Plant Reviews, Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism

This edition first published 2010

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Biochemistry of plant secondary metabolism / edited by Michael Wink. 2nd ed.

p. cm. (Annual plant reviews; v. 40)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4051-8397-0 (hardback: alk. paper) 1. PlantsMetabolism.

2. Metabolism, Secondary. 3. Botanical chemistry. I. Wink, Michael.

QK881.B54 2010

572.42dc22 2009038730

Annual Plant Reviews

A series for researchers and postgraduates in the plant sciences. Each volume in this series focuses on a theme of topical importance and emphasis is placed on rapid publication.

Editorial Board:

Prof. Jeremy A. Roberts (Editor-in-Chief), Plant Science Division, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK;

Dr David Evans, School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP;

Prof. Hidemasa Imaseki, Obata-Minami 2419, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463, Japan;

Dr Michael T. McManus, Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand;

Dr Jocelyn K.C. Rose, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.

Titles in the series:

1. Arabidopsis

Edited by M. Anderson and J.A. Roberts

2. Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism

Edited by M. Wink

3. Functions of Plant Secondary Metabolites and Their Exploitation in Biotechnology

Edited by M. Wink

4. Molecular Plant Pathology

Edited by M. Dickinson and J. Beynon

5. Vacuolar Compartments

Edited by D.G. Robinson and J.C. Rogers

6. Plant Reproduction

Edited by S.D. ONeill and J.A. Roberts

7. ProteinProtein Interactions in Plant Biology

Edited by M.T. McManus, W.A. Laing and A.C. Allan

8. The Plant Cell Wall

Edited by J.K.C. Rose

9. The Golgi Apparatus and the Plant Secretory Pathway

Edited by D.G. Robinson

10. The Plant Cytoskeleton in Cell Differentiation and Development

Edited by P.J. Hussey

11. PlantPathogen Interactions

Edited by N.J. Talbot

12. Polarity in Plants

Edited by K. Lindsey

13. Plastids

Edited by S.G. Moller

14. Plant Pigments and Their Manipulation

Edited by K.M. Davies

15. Membrane Transport in Plants

Edited by M.R. Blatt

16. Intercellular Communication in Plants

Edited by A.J. Fleming

17. Plant Architecture and Its Manipulation

Edited by C.G.N. Turnbull

18. Plasmodesmata

Edited by K.J. Oparka

19. Plant Epigenetics

Edited by P. Meyer

20. Flowering and Its Manipulation

Edited by C. Ainsworth

21. Endogenous Plant Rhythms

Edited by A. Hall and H. McWatters

22. Control of Primary Metabolism in Plants

Edited by W.C. Plaxton and M.T. McManus

23. Biology of the Plant Cuticle

Edited by M. Riederer

24. Plant Hormone Signaling

Edited by P. Hadden and S.G. Thomas

25. Plant Cell Separation and Adhesion

Edited by J.R. Roberts and Z. Gonzalez-Carranza

26. Senescence Processes in Plants

Edited by S. Gan

27. Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination

Edited by K.J. Bradford and H. Nonogaki

28. Plant Proteomics

Edited by C. Finnie

29. Regulation of Transcription in Plants

Edited by K. Grasser

30. Light and Plant Development

Edited by G. Whitelam

31. Plant Mitochondria

Edited by D.C. Logan

32. Cell Cycle Control and Plant Development

Edited by D. Inze

33. Intracellular Signaling in Plants

Edited by Z. Yang

34. Molecular Aspects of Plant Disease Resistance

Edited by Jane Parker

35. Plant Systems Biology

Edited by G. Coruzzi and R. Gutierrez

36. The Moss Physcomitrella Patens

Edited by C.D. Knight, P.-F. Perroud and D.J. Cove

37. Root Development

Edited by Tom Beeckman

38. Fruit Development and Seed Dispersal

Edited by Lars stergaard

39. Function and Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolites

Edited by M. Wink

40. Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism

Edited by M. Wink

CONTRIBUTORS

Mohamed Ashour

Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology

Heidelberg University

Heidelberg

Germany

Flavia Botschen

Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology

Heidelberg University

Heidelberg

Germany

Jonathan Gershenzon

Max-Planck-Institute of Chemical Ecology

Jena

Germany

Christina Gosmann

Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology

Heidelberg University

Heidelberg

Germany

Joachim Hans

Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology

Philips-University Marburg

Marburg

Germany

Wolfgang Kreis

Institute of Botany and Pharmaceutical Biology

University Erlangen-Nrnberg

Erlangen

Germany

Ulrich Matern

Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology