The comparative biochemistry of phytoalexin induction in plants

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-367

  Harborne, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Comparative biochemistry; Flowering plants; Phytoalexins

Indexed keywords

BIBENZYL DERIVATIVE; DITERPENE; FLAVAN DERIVATIVE; FLAVANOID; FLAVANONE; LIGNAN; PHENANTHRENE; PHYTOALEXIN; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; TROPOLONE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; GYMNOSPERM; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LIPOPHILICITY; MYCOSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED;

FUNGI; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0033151349     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(98)00095-7     Document Type: Review

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