Antifungal activity of Solanum fruit glycoalkaloids: Implications for frugivory and seed dispersal

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 799-809

  Cipollini, Martin L ^a,b   Levey, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal defense; Fleshy fruits; Frugivory; Fruit rot; Glycoalkaloid; Plant secondary metabolites; Secondary chemistry; Seed dispersal; Solanum americanum; Solanum carolinense

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM AMERICANUM; SOLANUM CAROLINENSE;

FRUGIVORY; GLYCOALKALOID; SEED DISPERSAL;

EID: 0030616841     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2266059     Document Type: Article

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