"Secondary Metabolites: Sources and Applications" ed. by Ramasamy Vijayakumar, Suresh Raja

This book provides a comprehensive account on the secondary metabolites of microorganisms, plants, and the production of secondary metabolites through biotechnological approach like the plant tissue culture method. This book consists of an overview of secondary metabolites, which are classified into four main sections: microbial secondary metabolites, plant secondary metabolites, secondary metabolites through tissue culture technique, and regulation of secondary metabolite production.

The regulatory mechanisms of secondary metabolite production in plants and the pharmaceutical and other applications of various secondary metabolites are also highlighted. This book is considered as necessary reading for microbiologists, biotechnologists, biochemists, pharmacologists, and botanists who are doing research in secondary metabolites. It should also be useful to MSc students, MPhil and PhD scholars, scientists, and faculty members of various science disciplines.

Contents
1. Secondary Metabolites
2. Secondary Metabolites in Cyanobacteria
3. Secondary Metabolites of Mycoparasitic Fungi
4. Comprehensive Insight into the Elderflowers and Elderberries (Sambucus nigra L.) Mono and Sesquiterpenic Metabolites: Factors that Modulate Their Composition
5. Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites by Using Biotechnological Tools
6. Secondary Metabolite Research in Malaysia: Current Status and Future Prospects
7. Microbial Biotransformation for the Production of Steroid Medicament
8. Physiology and Pathology of Mitochondrial Dehydrogenases