Peripheral defence strategy: Variation of barbaloin content in the succulent leaf parts of Aloe arborescens Miller (Liliaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 385-395

  Gutterman, Y ^a   Chauser Volfson, E ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Leaf orientation; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

LEAF; PLANT DEFENSE; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; ALOE; ALOE ARBORESCENS; ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033836631     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1999.0276     Document Type: Article

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