Secondary Metabolites: Meaning, Role and Types

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Meaning of Secondary Metabolites 2. Role of Secondary Metabolites 3. Types. Meaning of Secondary Metabolites: Plants produce thousands types of chemicals. Some of the organic compounds like carbohydrates, fats, proteins, nucleic acids, chlorophylls, hemes are required for their basic metabolic processes and found throughout the plant kingdom. These organic comĀ­pounds are called [...]