Cyanogenic glycosides: Synthesis, physiology, and phenotypic plasticity

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-185

  Gleadow, Roslyn M ^a   Møller, Birger Lindberg ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cyanogenesis; cytochrome P450; herbivore interactions; hydrogen cyanide; pathogen interactions; plant defense

Indexed keywords

CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSIDE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

GLYCOSIDES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS;

EID: 84899750904     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050213-040027     Document Type: Review

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