The shikimate pathway intermediates and aromatic amino acids are precursors of a large number of secondary plant products (Herrmann, 1995; Kutchan, 1995).

• Camalexin
• Indole acetic acid synthesis
• Alternative IAA synthesis pathways
• Tryptamine
• Metabolic fates of IAA
• Gramine
• Glucosinolates
• Role of trans-cinnamic acid in lignin and flavonoid synthesis
• Dhurrin synthesis
• Dhurrin catabolism
• Salicylic acid synthesis and conjugation
• General structures of flavonoids and anthocyanins
• Anthocyanin biosynthesis (maize and Arabidopsis genes)
• Anthocyanin modifications in Petunia
• Isoflavonoids
• Lignin biosynthesis
• Eugenol and isoeugenol
• NCBI accessions for caffeoyl-CoA methyltransferase of Arabidopsis thaliana
• NCBI accessions for chalcone synthase of Arabidopsis thaliana
• NCBI accessions for cinnamate-4-hydroxylase of Arabidopsis thaliana
• NCBI accessions for ferulate-5-hydroxylase of Arabidopsis thaliana
• NCBI accessions for jasmonic acid methyltransferase of Arabidopsis thaliana
• NCBI accessions for phenylalanine ammonia lyase of Arabidopsis thaliana
• NCBI accessions for salicylic acid methyltransferase of Arabidopsis thaliana
• NCBI accessions for tyrosine decarboxylase of Arabidopsis thaliana
• References

Herrmann KM 1995 The shikimate pathway as an entry point to aromatic secondary metabolism. Plant Physiol. 107: 7-12.

Kutchan TM 1995 Alkaloid biosynthesis - the basis for metabolic engineering of medicinal plants. Plant Cell 7: 1059-1070.