Transfer of alkaloids from Delphinium to Castilleja via root parasitism. Norditerpenoid alkaloid analysis by electrospray mass spectrometry

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 279-285

  Marko, Michelle D ^a   Stermitz, Frank R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Castilleja sulphurea; D. barbeyi; Delphinium occidentale; Electrospray mass spectrometry; Norditerpenoid alkaloids; Parasitism; Ranunculaceae; Scrophulariaceae

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; DITERPENOID;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT;

CASTILLEJA; DELPHINIUM;

EID: 0030979895     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(97)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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