Transient induction of antimicrobial 3-deoxyflavonoids does not affect pharmacological compounds in hawthorn

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1245-1250

  Schlangen, Karin ^a   Halbwirth, Heidi ^a   Peterek, Silke ^b   Gosch, Christian ^a   Ringl, Alexandra ^c   Fischer, Thilo C ^a,b   Treutter, Dieter ^b   Forkmann, Gert ^b   Kopp, Brigitte ^c   Stich, Karl ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

3 deoxyflavonoids; Dihydroflavonol 4 reductase (DFR); Disease resistance; Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora); Flavonoids; Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna); Luteoliflavan

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXYFLAVONOID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; LUTEOLIFLAVAN; PROHEXADIONE CA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRATAEGUS; FIRE BLIGHT; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 77649225030     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300805     Document Type: Article

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