Amino acids play a role in the defence mechanisms and stress responses of plants, as well as in food quality and safety for humans and animals. Recent advances in the field make a comprehensive overview of the information a necessity; this book collates chapters on plant enzymes and metabolism, modulation, molecular aspects and secondary products. Also including information on ecology, the environment and mammalian nutrition and toxicology, it provides an authoritative resource.

Contributions by: G Osuji, A Raychaudhuri, Z-H He, A.O Hudson, C Sengupta-Gopalan, S.M Duff, F Gallardo, E Gonzales-Vigil, F.J Corpas, Autar K Mattoo, R Hoefgen, I Garcia Fernandez, R Azevedo, R Ingle, L.V Nguyen, E Planchet, S Okumoto, S Pfautsch, J.W Chandler, A Ishihara, M Banon Arnao, H Stotz, S.O Duke, D.A Saltmiras, E Lewinsohn, J Thomas, S Rutherfurd, S.C Minocha, C.L Levesque