**Meet the editors**

Dr. Ramasamy Vijayakumar, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University Constituent College, Perambalur, India. He has experience in the field of actinobacteriology and mycology. He has deposited around 20 nucleotide sequences in GenBank; published 65 research and review articles, 9 book chapters, and 1 book "Characteriza-

tion of Antibacterials from Terrestrial Actinobacteria"; guided three PhD candidates; and organized several seminars and workshops. He received research grants from the Department of Biotechnology and Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology, Government of India. He is a life member of the National Academy of Biological Sciences, India; International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology; and British Science Association*.* He is a reviewer of various national and international journals, a doctoral committee member, and a member of the board of study in Microbiology. He received the 2013 Shri P.K. Das Memorial Best Faculty Award in Microbiology from the Nehru Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, India. As per the *Indian Journal of Experimental Biology*  (Vol. 51, 2013), he was ranked second in the top five institutions in the field of actinobacterial research in India.

Dr. Suresh S.S. Raja is an assistant professor and the head at the Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University Constituent College, Perambalur, India. He has been teaching microbiology at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels for the last 19 years. He has published 25 research articles in national and international journals and attended numerous seminars,

symposia, and workshops. He has documented seroprevalence of leptospirosis among farming communities in three districts of Tamil Nadu, South India, and medical microbiology remains his field of specialization. He has supervised three student projects funded by State Science Academy. He has organized several seminars and training workshops. He is a member of the board of studies of various colleges and a university. He had been a member of the university constituted inspection committee for approving microbiology courses at colleges. He has delivered special lectures at academic institutions and extension programmes and is a member of professional bodies and voluntary organization.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Microbial Secondary Metabolites 1**

Ramasamy Vijayakumar

**Section 2 Plant Secondary Metabolites 57**

Chapter 1 **An Introductory Chapter: Secondary Metabolites 3**

Chapter 3 **Secondary Metabolites of Mycoparasitic Fungi 37** Verena Speckbacher and Susanne Zeilinger

Chapter 4 **Comprehensive Insight into the Elderflowers and Elderberries**

**Section 3 Secondary Metabolites Throuht Tissue Culture Technique 79**

Chapter 6 **Secondary Metabolite Research in Malaysia: Current Status and**

Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Hashim, Hamzah Mohd. Salleh, Noor Illi Mohamad Puad, Fazia Adyani Ahmad Fuad, Manar Eissa and Nur

**Factors that Modulate Their Composition 59**

Chapter 5 **Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites by Using**

Sandra Gonçalves and Anabela Romano

**Biotechnological Tools 81**

**Future Prospects 101**

Aimi Aliah Zainurin

**(Sambucus nigra L.) Mono and Sesquiterpenic Metabolites:**

Ângelo C. Salvador, Armando J. D. Silvestre and Sílvia M. Rocha

Chapter 2 **Secondary Metabolites in Cyanobacteria 23** Bethan Kultschar and Carole Llewellyn

Durairaj Thirumurugan, Alagappan Cholarajan, Suresh S.S. Raja and
