Overview: In contrast to books on specific bioactive compounds, this bookdeals with the role of mevalonic acid metabolites (isoprenoids andtheir derived structures) in metabolism, development, and functions oforganisms, which, though diverse, show various levels ofcommunication. Different disciplines are brought together in adiscussion of the messenger functions of terpenoids within and betweenorganisms belonging to five biological kingdoms: bacteria, fungi,plants, insects, and vertebrates (including humans). .The present volume covers evolutionary aspects of terpenoids in plantphysiology, pla
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