The plant antifungal isoflavone genistein is metabolized by Armillaria mellea Vahl to give non-fungitoxic products

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-162

  Curir, P ^a   Dolci, M ^b   Corea, G ^c   Galeotti, F ^b   Lanzotti, V ^d  

^a Istituto Sperimentale per la Floricoltura   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antifungal isoflavone; Armillaria mellea; Biotransformation; Fungal detoxification; Genistein

Indexed keywords

ARMILLARIA MELLEA; FABACEAE; FUNGI;

EID: 33746802398     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500600756363     Document Type: Article

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