Plants produce secondary metabolites with herbicidal, insecticidal, fungicidal and antioxidant activities. this book provides an up-to-date treatment of antioxidant and biocidal compounds mainly from latin american plants. new antimicrobials, insecticidals, and antioxidants are covered in three sections: a general overview and perspectives on antioxidant, medicinal and biocidal plant compounds; details of plant antioxidants isolated from a wide range of species; insecticidal, antimicrobial and other biocidal activities based on peptides, phytoecdysteroids, alkaloids, polyphenols, terpenoids and other allelochemicals.