Cutting-Edge Technology for Plant Metabolite Profiling in Drug Discovery and Quality Control offers a comprehensive exploration of advanced methods in plant metabolomics, along with their integration in industrial applications across various sectors. The book delves into a range of methodologies, including metabolic engineering strategies, metabolite imaging techniques, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) for plant metabolite analysis, microfluidics for metabolite profiling, computational methods, and bioinformatics tools. It also explores plant metabolomics for crop improvement, pharmaceutical development, archaeological examinations, cosmetic formulations, and food quality, with case studies featured throughout the book to showcase real-world applications and scenarios. As the demand for natural products and plant-derived therapeutics continues to rise, there is a need for reliable and effective methods to identify, quantify, and optimize the bioactive compounds present in plants. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the latest advances in this field while also delivering a multidisciplinary overview of the wide-ranging impact plant metabolites have across a variety of applications. Researchers working with plant metabolites across molecular and cellular biology, pharmaceutical science, biotechnology, biochemistry and plant science will benefit from this book. Additionally, it will be of interest to specialists working across relevant industries, such as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and agriculture.