Amygdalin in almond nectar and pollen - Facts and possible roles

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 87-95

  London Shafir, Idit ^a   Shafir, Sharoni ^b   Eisikowitch, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Almond; Amygdalin; Amygdalus communis L.; Honeybees; Nectar; Pollen; Pollination; Secondary compounds

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0038756695     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-003-0272-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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