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Editorial
. 2025 Jul 11;14(14):2146.
doi: 10.3390/plants14142146.

Secondary Metabolites in Plants

Javier Palazon  1 , Miguel Angel Alcalde  1
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Editorial

Secondary Metabolites in Plants

Javier Palazon et al. Plants (Basel). .

Abstract

Classically, plant metabolism has been divided into primary and secondary metabolism, although nowadays there is a broad interface between them that makes this classification increasingly difficult to uphold [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
Role of primary and secondary metabolism in plant development.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Ecological roles of the plant secondary metabolites.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Biogenetic classification of plant secondary metabolites.
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