Nepenthes insignis uses a C2-portion of the carbon skeleton of L-alanine acquired via its carnivorous organs, to build up the allelochemical plumbagin

Phytochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 603-609

  Rischer, Heiko ^a   Hamm, Andreas ^a   Bringmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carnivory; L Alanine uptake; Naphthoquinones; Nepenthaceae; Nepenthes insignis; Phytoalexin; Plumbagin; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CARBON; GLUCOSIDE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; PLUMBAGIN; PLUMBASIDE A; ROSSOLISIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ENZYME RELEASE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; NEPENTHES INSIGNIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT METABOLISM; PREY SELECTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; ANGIOSPERM; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; NEPENTHACEAE; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES INSIGNIS; SARRACENIACEAE;

ALANINE; ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; GLUCOSIDES; NAPHTHOQUINONES; SODIUM ACETATE;

EID: 0037085609     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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