Chapter PP.

14
PHYSIOLOGHY OF PLANT METABOLISMS
1. Plant Photosynthesis
2. Plant Respirarion
3. Plant Primary metabolism
4. Plant Secondary metabolism
5. Building blocks
6. Biosynthesis of plant metabolisms
7. Medicinal products
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PLANT PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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PLANT RESPIRATION
 Fig 7.1: The metabolism interaction between
the chloroplast, cytosol and mitochondrion in a leaf mesophyll cell
 GlucoseATP
ADP
Glucose 6-phosphate

Fructose 6-phosphate
ATP
ADP
Fructose 1,6-diphosphate

Dihydroxyacetone phosphate Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate

+
NAD
NADH
1,3-diphosphoglyceric acid
ADP
ATP
3-phosphoglyceric acid

Glycolysis 2-phosphoglyceric acid

phosphoenolpyruvic acid
ADP
ATP
pyruvic acid
 The Krebs Cycle
Pyruvic acid (6C)
NAD+ CoA
NADH CO2
Acetyl CoA (2C) CoA

Oxaloacetic acid (4C) Citric acid (6C)

NADH H2O
NAD+

Malic acid (4C) Isocitric acid+ (6C)

NAD

H2O NADH

Fumaric acid (4C) CO

2

FADH2
alpha-Ketoglutaric acid (5C)
CoA NAD+
FAD
CoA
Succinic acid NADH

(4C) Succinyl CoA CO

2

GTP GDP
(4C)
 (A) Gluneogenesis in fat-storing
seedlings
(B) TEM of glycoxysomes (G)
surrounding oil bodies (OB) in a
cotyledon of a germinating tomato
seed

Kreb’s cycle
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PRIMARY METABOLISMS
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SECONDARY METABOLISMS
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BUIDING BLOCKS
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BIOSYNTHESIS
OF PLANT METABOLISMS
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MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS
Flavonoids
Flavonoids
Flavonoids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Alkaloids
Terpenes
Terpenes
Monoterpenes
Terpenes
Terpenoids
Terpenoids
Triterpenes
Sesquiterpenes
Sesquiterpenes
Phenolics
Phenolics
Phenolics
Lignins
Lignans