Plant-derived secondary metabolites as defensive chemicals in herbivorous insects: A case study in chemical ecology

Planta

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Hartmann, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Defense; Plant insect interactions; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Secondary metabolites; Senecionine N oxygenase

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 2442572066     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1249-y     Document Type: Article

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