Genus-wide variation in foliar polyphenolics in eucalypts

Phytochemistry

Volumn 144, Issue , 2017, Pages 197-207

  Marsh, Karen J ^a   Kulheim, Carsten ^a   Blomberg, Simon P ^b   Thornhill, Andrew H ^c,d   Miller, Joseph T ^c,e   Wallis, Ian R ^a   Nicolle, Dean ^f   Salminen, Juha Pekka ^g   Foley, William J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f Currency Creek Arboretum   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Eucalypts; Flavonol derivatives; Hydrolysable tannins; Phenolic composition; Phylogenetics; Plant defence

Indexed keywords

POLYPHENOL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS; PHYLOGENY;

EUCALYPTUS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; POLYPHENOLS; TANNINS;

EID: 85029794531     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.09.014     Document Type: Article

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