Cyanogenic constituents in woody plants in natural lowland rain forest in Costa Rica

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-294

  Thomsen, K ^a   Brimer, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hydrogen cyanide; Secondary metabolites; Standardized screening; Taxonomy; Total cyanogenic potential; glycosidases

Indexed keywords

AMPELOCERA; ANNONA; BYRSONIMA; CROPHIUS; CYMBOPETALUM; FARAMEA; INGA; LECOINTEA AMAZONICA; MACROCARPA; MICONIA SPLENDENS; PANOPSIS; PASSIFLORA AMBIGUA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORA PITTIERI; PASSIFLORA TALAMANCENSIS; PASSIFLORA VITIFOLIA; PAULLINIA; POUTERIA CAMPECHIANA; RINOREA; SAPIUM; SAPIUM LAURIFOLIUM; SLOANEA; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA CHRYSANTHA;

EID: 0030811343     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1997.0100     Document Type: Article

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