Absence of cyanogenic glycosides in the tribe Miconieae (Melastomataceae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-339

  Michelangeli, Fabián A ^a,b   Rodriguez, Eloy ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant symbiosis; Cyanide; Cyanogenesis; HCN; Melastomataceae; Miconieae

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

FORMICIDAE; MELASTOMATACEAE;

EID: 14144251281     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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