Biochemistry, physiology and ecological functions of secondary metabolites / Michael Wink -- Biosynthesis of alkaloids and betalains / Margaret F. Roberts, Dieter Strack and Michael Wink -- Biosynthesis of cyanogenic glycosides, glucosinolates and non-protein amino acids / Dirk Selmar -- Biosynthesis of phenylpropanoids and related compounds / Maike Petersen, Joachim Hans and Ulrich Matern -- Biochemistry of terpenoids: monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and diterpenes / Mohamed Ashour, Michael Wink and Jonathan Gershenzon -- Biochemistry of sterols, cardiac glycosides, brassinosteroids, phytoecdyseroids and steroid saponins / Wolfgang Kreis and Frieder Müller-Uri -- Chemotaxonomy seen from a phylogenetic perspective and evolution of secondary metabolism / Michael Wink ... [et al.].

"This new edition of Volume 2 of this series commences with an overview of the biochemistry, physiology, functions and utilisation of plant secondary metabolites, followed by detailed surveys of alkaloids and betalains, cyanogenic glycosides, glucosinolates and non-protein amino acids, phenyl propanoids and related compounds, and terpenoids (monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, sterols, cardiac glycosides and steroid saponins). A chapter is also included covering the importance of secondary metabolites in taxonomy, as viewed from the perspective of molecular systematics." --NHBS Environment Bookstore.