Chapter 1
A Half-Century of the Phytochemical Society of North America: 1961-2011
Stewart A. Brown, Constance Nozzolillo and Tom J. Mabry
Chapter 2
Nitrogen-containing Constituents of Black Cohosh: Chemistry, Structure Elucidation and Biological Activities
Dejan Nikolic, David C. Lankin, Tamara Cisowska, Shao-Nong Chen, Guido F. Pauli and Richard B. van Breemen
Chapter 3
Jatropha Natural Products as Potential Therapeutic Leads
Taotao Ling, Victor Hadi, Armand Guiguemde, Scott M. Landfear and Fatima Rivas
Chapter 4
O-Methyltransferases Involved in Lignan Biosynthesis
Toshiaki Umezawa, Safendrri Komara Ragamustari, Eiichiro Ono and Masaomi Yamamura
Chapter 5
Hormone Signaling: Current Perspectives on the Roles of Salicylic Acid and its Derivatives in
PlantsDhirendra Kumar, Imdadul Haq, Danda Chapagai, Diwaker Tripathi, David Donald, Mir Hossain and Shivakumar Devaiah
Chapter 6
Regulators and Pathway Enzymes that Contribute to Chemical Diversity in Phenylpropanoid and Aromatic Alkaloid Metabolism in Plant Immunity
William R. Chezem and Nicole K. Clay
Chapter 7
Metabolism of Glucosinolates and their Hydrolysis Products in Insect Herbivores
Verena Jeschke, Jonathan Gershenzo
n and Daniel Giddings Vassão
Chapter 8
Screening of Fungal Endophytes Isolated from Eastern White Pine Needles
Mark W. Sumarah, Allison K. Walker, Keith A. Seifert, Adrian Todorov and J. David Miller
About the Author: Dr. Reinhard Jetter currently serves as a professor in the Department of Botany and Chemistry for the University of British Columbia. His research interests include plant biochemistry, molecular biology, and the chemical composition, physiological function and ecological roles of plant surface lipids.
