Induced production of antifungal naphthoquinones in the pitchers of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes khasiana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 911-922

  Eilenberg, Haviva ^a   Pnini Cohen, Smadar ^a   Rahamim, Yocheved ^a   Sionov, Edward ^a   Segal, Esther ^a   Carmeli, Shmuel ^a   Zilberstein, Aviah ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Aspergillus; Candida; Chitin; Droserone; Naphthoquinone; Nepenthes; Pitcher; Plant pathogen

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHITIN; NAPHTHOQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GERMINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHITIN; FUNGI; GERMINATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; HEXAPODA; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES KHASIANA;

EID: 76549136247     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp359     Document Type: Article

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