Comparison of sugars, iridoid glycosides and amino acids in nectar and phloem sap of Maurandya barclayana, Lophospermum erubescens, and Brassica napus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lohaus, Gertrud ^a   Schwerdtfeger, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; IRIDOID; MANNITOL; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; APHID; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOPHOSPERMUM ERUBESCENS; MAURANDYA BARCLAYANA; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANTAGINACEAE; POLLINATOR; RAPESEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; BRASSICA NAPUS; IRIDOID GLYCOSIDES; MONOSACCHARIDES; PHLOEM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT NECTAR; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84900456362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087689     Document Type: Article

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