Flavonoids: New roles for old molecules

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-111

  Buer, Charles S ^a   Imin, Nijat ^a   Djordjevic, Michael A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID;

ALLELOPATHY; BIOACTIVITY; DICOTYLEDON; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; INHIBITION; PLANT DEFENSE; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT; REVIEW;

FLAVONOIDS; MUTATION; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 73949104134     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.00905.x     Document Type: Review

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