Polyhydroxyalkaloids in the aroid tribes Nephthytideae and Alaonemateae: Phytochemical support for an intertribal relationship

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 757-766

  Kite, Geoffrey C ^a   Sharp, Hazel J ^a   Hill, Philippa S ^a   Boyce, Peter C ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aglaonema; Amorphophallus; Anchomanes; Araceae; Chemotaxonomy; DMDP; Nephthytis; Polyhydroxyalkalo ids

Indexed keywords

POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPLAST; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS;

AGLAODORUM; AGLAONEMA; AMORPHOPHALLUS; ANCHOMANAS; NEPHTHYTIS; PSEUDODRACONTIUM; PSEUDOHYDROSME;

EID: 0031469734     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(97)00064-1     Document Type: Article

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