Abstract
Animal life on Earth depends on plants, as, without their capacity for converting carbon dioxide and water to sugars, and nitrogen to amino acids, animals, including man, could not survive. Thus, it could be argued that green plants are the most important constituents of this planet. Their activities, however, are not confined to sugar and protein production, but include the biosynthesis of the numerous types of organic compound described in this book.
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Vickery, M.L., Vickery, B. (1981). Introduction. In: Secondary Plant Metabolism. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86109-5_1
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