Seasonal and spatial variations of alkaloids in Merendera montana in relation to chemical defense and phenology

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1117-1126

  Gómez, Daniel ^a   Azorín, José ^a   Bastida, Jaume ^b   Viladomat, Francesc ^b   Codina, Carles ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 demethylcolchicine; Chemical defense; Colchicine; Colchicoside; Liliaceae; Merendera montana; Phenology; Tropolone alkaloids

Indexed keywords

3 NORCOLCHICINE; ALKALOID; COLCHICINE; COLCHICOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TROPOLONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ALKALOID; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXTRACTION; FORAGE; MERENDERA MONTANA; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALKALOIDS; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LILIACEAE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; LILIACEAE; MERENDERA; MERENDERA MONTANA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037502221     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023825405565     Document Type: Article

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