Formation of UV-honey guides in Rudbeckia hirta

Phytochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 889-898

  Schlangen, Karin ^a   Miosic, Silvija ^a   Castro, Ana ^a   Freudmann, Karin ^a   Luczkiewicz, Maria ^b   Vitzthum, Florian ^c   Schwab, Wilfried ^c   Gamsjäger, Sonja ^d   Musso, Maurizio ^e   Halbwirth, Heidi ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

A ring specific hydroxylation; Asteraceae; Flavonoid 6 hydroxylase; Flavonoids; Glucosyltransferases; Methylated flavonols; Methyltransferases; Rudbeckia hirta; UV honey guides

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVONOL 6 HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOL 6-HYDROXYLASE; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; HONEY; METABOLISM; RUDBECKIA; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANATOMY; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FLAVONOLS; FLOWERS; GLUCOSIDES; HONEY; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RUDBECKIA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ASTERACEAE; RUDBECKIA; RUDBECKIA HIRTA;

EID: 67449127679     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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