scholarly journals Wink M. 1999. Biochemistry of plant secondary metabolism. Annual plant reviews, Volume 2. 374pp. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press Ltd. £85 (hardback) and Functions of plant secondary metabolites and their exploitation in biotechnology. Annual plant reviews, Volume 3. 370pp. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press Ltd. £79 (hardback).

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-209
Author(s):  
I John
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Secondary Metabolism ◽  
Plant Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Academic Press ◽  
Plant Secondary Metabolism ◽  
Annual Plant

scholarly journals Integration of Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Signaling in Elicitor Regulation of Plant Secondary Metabolism

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 1934578X0800300
Author(s):  
Gastón Stockman ◽  
Ricardo Boland
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Transcriptional Regulation ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Secondary Metabolism ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathways ◽  
Plant Secondary Metabolism ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Nuclear Signaling ◽  
Physical Changes

The plant kingdom represents a valuable source of natural products of commercial interest. These compounds, named secondary metabolites, are not essential for the survival of plants, but confer them some advantages that allow adaptation to changes in their environment. Nevertheless, yields of secondary metabolites are low for commercial purposes, so it has become important to design strategies for increasing their production. Plants manage to adapt to physical changes in their environment, defending themselves against pathogen attack or herbivore wounding. Such aggressive stimuli, also known as elicitors, initiate signaling metabolic cascades that induce accumulation of certain secondary metabolites. Progress has been recently achieved in the understanding of signaling events originating from elicitation and related transcriptional regulation. These advances will allow maneuvering expression of key enzymes implicated in biosynthetic pathways of secondary metabolites, thereby enhancing their accumulation.

6-Substituted Indanoyl Isoleucine Conjugate Induces Tobacco Plant Responses in Secondary Metabolites

2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qun Hu ◽  
Wilhelm Boland ◽  
Ji-Kai Liu
Keyword(s):  
Nicotiana Tabacum ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Volatile Compounds ◽  
Secondary Metabolism ◽  
Tobacco Plant ◽  
Plant Responses ◽  
Plant Secondary Metabolism ◽  
Tobacco Leaves ◽  
Nicotiana Tabacum L

To characterize the role of the phytotoxin mimic 6-substituted indanoyl isoleucine conjugate 1 in plant secondary metabolism, tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. K326) was treated with compound 1. The volatile compounds of tobacco leaves were analyzed by GC-MS. In contrast to the control, three compounds, farnesene (2), santalol (3) and tetradecanal (4), were induced by treatment with 1 mm of compound 1. Concurrently other volatile compounds were also regulated.

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