Taxol, an anti-cancer drug, belongs to which class of the secondary metabolites found in plants?
1. Phenolics
2. Glycosides
3. Saponins
4. Terpenes
Consider the given two statements:
| I. | Absence of secondary metabolites does not result in immediate death, but rather in a long-term impairment of the organism's survivability. |
| II. | Secondary metabolites often play an important role in plant defense against herbivory and other interspecies defenses. |
| 1. | Both I and II are correct and II explains I |
| 2. | Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I |
| 3. | I is correct and II is incorrect |
| 4. | Both I and II are incorrect |