Cyanogenic glucosides in the biological warfare between plants and insects: The Burnet moth-Birdsfoot trefoil model system

Phytochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1585-1592

  Zagrobelny, Mika ^a   Møller, Birger Lindberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution of pathways; Cyanogenic glucosides; De novo synthesis; Lotus; Sequestration; Zygaena

Indexed keywords

CYANOGEN; GLUCOSIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; NITRILE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETICS; LOTUS; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENES, PLANT; GLUCOSIDES; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; LOTUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; NITRILES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REPRODUCTION;

FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; ZYGAENA FILIPENDULAE; ZYGAENIDAE;

EID: 79960729192     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.02.023     Document Type: Review

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