Kinetics of the natural evolution of hydrogen cyanide in plants in neotropical Pteridium arachnoideum and its ecological significance

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 315-331

  Alonso Amelot, Miguel E ^a   Oliveros Bastidas, Alberto ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cyanogenesis; Defense; Herbivory; Kinetics; Pteridium arachnoideum

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; PRUNASINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

AIRFLOW; ALLELOPATHY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREACTOR; BRACKEN FERN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOGENESIS; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HERBIVORY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT TISSUE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE INJURY; VELOCITY;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GLYCOSIDES; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; KINETICS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PTERIDIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; PTERIDIUM ARACHNOIDEUM;

EID: 18044369121     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-1343-z     Document Type: Article

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