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Metabolic Engineering of Plant Secondary Metabolism

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Many authors have discussed the problem of a proper definition of secondary metabolites.1,2,3 Bennett and Bentley1 extensively discussed the history of the term secondary metabolites, with special reference to microbial metabolites. They gave the following definition:

“General metabolites (hence general metabolism): A metabolic intermediate or product, found in most living systems, essential to growth and life, and biosynthesized by a limited number of biochemical pathways. Secondary metabolites (hence secondary metabolism): a metabolic intermediate or product, found as a differentiation product in restricted taxonomic groups, not essential to growth and life of the producing organism, and biosynthesized from one or more general metabolites by a wider variety of pathways than is available in general metabolism.”

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