Degradation of the polyamine alkaloid aphelandrine by endophytic fungi isolated from Aphelandra tetragona

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-153

  Werner, Christa ^a   Petrini, Orlando ^b   Hesse, Manfred ^a  

^a Organ Chemisches Inst der Univ Z   (Switzerland)

^b R and D   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acremonium; Chemical adaptation; Chemotaxonomy; Root alkaloid; Toxin

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE;

ACYLATION; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOST RESISTANCE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

APHELANDRA TETRAGONA;

EID: 0031572407     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00380-7     Document Type: Article

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