The Chemistry and Chemical Ecology of Ellagitannins in Plant-Insect Interactions: From Underestimated Molecules to Bioactive Plant Constituents

Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-113

  Salminen, Juha Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Biosynthesis; Ellagitannins; Mass spectrometry; Oxidation; Phytochemistry; Plant defense; Plant herbivore interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; NETWORK SECURITY; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TANNINS;

COMPOUND SPECIFIC ANALYSIS; ELLAGITANNINS; ENZYMATIC CONVERSIONS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84976428102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118329634.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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