1. Phytochemicals : the chemical components of plants / Harry L. Brielmann ... [et al.] -- 2. How and why these compounds are synthesized by plants / Leland J. Cseke ... [et al.] -- 3. Regulation of metabolite synthesis in plants / Leland J. Cseke and Peter B. Kaufman -- 4. Plant natural products in the rhizosphere / V.S. Bhinu, Kothandarman Narasimhan, and Sanjay Swarup -- 5. Molecular biology of plant natural products / Sheela Reuben ... [et al.] -- 6. The study of plant natural product biosynthesis in the pregenomics and genomics eras / Feng Chen ... [et al.] -- 7. Plant biotechnology for the production of natural products / Ara Kirakosyan -- 8. Traditional, analytical, and preparative separations of natural products / Leland J. Cseke ... [et al.] -- 9. Characterization of natural products / Bernhard Vogler and William N. Setzer -- 10. Bioassays for activity / William N. Setzer and Bernhard Vogler -- 11. Modes of action at target sites / Sara L. Warber ... [et al.] -- 12. The uses of plant natural products by humans and risks associated with their use / Peter B. Kaufman -- 13. The synergy principle at work with plants, pathogens, insects, herbivores, and humans / Kevin Spelman, James A. Duke, and Mary Jo Bogenschutz-Godwin -- 14. Plant conservation / Mary Jo Bogenschutz-Godwin ... [et al.] -- 15. Relationship between people and plants /Sara L. Warber and Katherine N. Irvine.