Plant secondary metabolism and its response to environment

摘要: Early studies on plant secondary metabolites (natural products) were generally resulted from their application values. In recent years the bioactivities of have been more and realized potential roles in living activities ecosystem reevaluated. Plant metabolism is a consequence interaction between plants environments (biotic abiotic) long process evolution. play important for to improve defensive competitive abilities as well correspond environments. this overview, we briefly introduced characteristics metabolism, summarized relationship abiotic factors such temperature, water, light, nutrient, CO2 concentrations, UV-B radiation environmental pollutions, chemical defence, allelopathy, mycorrhizal symbiosis micropathogens. Research may explore profound understandings new approaches comprehensive correlations It also benefit efficient rational utilization metabolites.