Metabolic transformation of the brassinosteroid 24-epi-castasterone by the cockroach Periplaneta americana

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 233-239

  Schmidt, Jürgen ^a   Richter, Klaus ^b   Voigt, Brunhilde ^a   Adam, Günter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Saxon Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroids; Metabolic Transformation; Periplaneta americana

Indexed keywords

2,24 DIEPICASTASTERONE; 24 EPI CASTASTERONE; 24 EPIBRASSINOLIDE; EPIMERIZATION; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; SEXUAL ORGAN;

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 0034023278     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2000-3-415     Document Type: Article

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