Structural and Functional Aspects of Phytochemistry: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry Volume 5

Content: 
Contributors
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

List of Contributors
Pages ix-x

Preface
Pages xi-xii
V.C. RUNECKLES, T.C. TSO

Primary Energy Conversion Reactions in Photosynthesis
Pages 1-33
JUI H. WANG, SHU-I TU

The Nature of Purified Phytochrome
Pages 35-50
WINSLOW R. BRIGGS, HARBERT V. RICE, GARY GARDNER, CARL S. PIKE

A Study of the Mechanism of Phytochrome Action
Pages 51-79
ARTHUR W. GALSTON, RUTH L. SATTER

Acetylcholine as a Native Metabolic Regulator of Phytochrome-Mediated Processes in Bean Roots
Pages 81-104
M.J. JAFFE

The Betalains: Structure, Function, and Biogenesis, and the Plant Order Centrospermae
Pages 105-134
TOM J. MABRY, LINDA KIMLER, CHRISTINA CHANG

Recent Progress in the Chemistry of Flavylium Salts
Pages 135-164
LEONARD JURD

Histochemistry of Plants in Health and Disease
Pages 165-195
D.S. VAN FLEET

Secondary Plant Substances and Insects
Pages 197-224
L.M. SCHOONHOVEN

Herbicide Metabolism in Plants
Pages 225-246
D.S. FREAR, H.R. SWANSON, F.S. TANAKA

The Chemistry of Tea and Tea Manufacturing
Pages 247-316
GARY W. SANDERSON

A Speculative View of Tobacco Alkaloid Biosynthesis
Pages 317-338
RAY F. DAWSON, THOMAS S. OSDENE

Subject Index
Pages 339-350