Legume Natural Products: Understanding and Manipulating Complex Pathways for Human and Animal Health1

"To every thing there is a season” (Ecclesiastes, 3), and interest in plant natural products is certainly undergoing a renaissance at the present time. This is particularly true in the case of the natural products of the Leguminosae, which have long been studied as important taxonomic markers for

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