Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Karpagam University, India
Editorial
Phytochemistry is the investigation of Phytochemicals
Author(s): Sivaraj Rajeshwari*
Phytochemistry is the investigation of phytochemicals, which are synthetics gotten from plants. Phytochemists endeavor to portray the constructions of the huge number of optional metabolites found in plants, the elements of these mixtures in human and plant science, and the biosynthesis of these mixtures. Plants combine phytochemicals for some, reasons, including to ensure themselves against creepy crawly assaults and plant illnesses. The mixtures found in plants are of numerous sorts, yet most can be assembled into four significant biosynthetic classes: alkaloids, phenylpropanoids, polyketides, and terpenoids. Phytochemistry can be considered a subfield of herbal science or science. Exercises can be driven in professional flowerbeds or in the wild with the guide of ethnobotany. Phytochemical studies coordinated toward human use might fall under the discipline of pharmacognosy, though.. View More»
