EAN: 9783319687162

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This book sheds new light on the role of various environmental factors in regulating the metabolic adaptation of medicinal and aromatic plants. Many of the chapters present cutting-edge findings on the contamination of medicinal plants through horizontal transfer as well as nanomaterials and the biosynthesis of pharmacologically active compounds. In addition the book highlights the impacts of environmental factors (e.g. high and low temperature climate change global warming UV irradiation intense sunlight and shade ozone carbon dioxide drought salinity nutrient deficiency agrochemicals waste heavy metals nanomaterials weeds pests and pathogen infections) on medicinal and aromatic plants emphasizing secondary metabolisms.In recent years interest has grown in the use of bioactive compounds from natural sources. Medicinal and aromatic plants constitute an important part of the natural environment and agro-ecosystems and contain a wealth of chemical compounds known as secondary metabolites and including alkaloids glycosides essential oils and other miscellaneous active substances. These metabolites help plants cope with environmental and or external stimuli in a rapid reversible and ecologically meaningful manner. Additionally environmental factors play a crucial role in regulating the metabolic yield of these biologically active molecules. Understanding how medicinal plants respond to environmental perturbations and climate change could open new frontiers in plant production and in agriculture where successive innovation is urgently needed due to the looming challenges in connection with global food security and climate change. Readers will discover a range of revealing perspectives and the latest research on this vital topic.

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