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Differentiate between primary and secondary metabolites

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Secondary metabolites - The metabolites like alkaloids lectins Drugs, Pigments , Spices and scents etc. which are useful to human welfare and have ecological importance.
Primary metabolites - The metabolites having identifiable functions and play important role in normal physiological processes, e.g., sugars , amino acids, fats and oils and nucleotides, etc.
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