Why are so many food plants cyanogenic?

Phytochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-162

  Jones, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cereals; Cyanogenesis, cyanoglycosides; Detoxification; Food plants; Herbivory; Plant defence; Pulses

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; CEREALS; CYANIDES; FRUIT; HUMANS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, EDIBLE; VEGETABLES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031985773     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00425-1     Document Type: Review

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