Relationship between chemical functional groups on Eucalyptus secondary metabolites and their effectiveness as marsupial antifeedants

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2561-2573

  Lawler, Ivan R ^a,b   Eschler, Bart M ^a   Schliebs, Darren M ^a   Foley, William J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Feeding deterrent; Jensenone; Plant secondary metabolite; Pseudocheirus peregrinus; Torquatone

Indexed keywords

ACETYLJENSENONE; ALDEHYDE; DEMETHYLTORQUANONE; EUCALYPTUS; JENSENONE; PHENOL; PHLOROGLUCINOL DERIVATIVE; TORQUATONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFEEDANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TORQUATA; METATHERIA; PEREGRINUS; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS;

EID: 0032756634     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020834510532     Document Type: Article

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