Directory
References
secondary metabolite
plant anatomy
Learn about this topic in these articles:
angiosperms
- In angiosperm: Contribution to food chain
…found in the production of secondary compounds, such as alkaloids, quinones, essential oils, and glycosides. Angiosperms have evolved a comprehensive array of unpalatable or toxic secondary plant compounds that protect the plants from foraging herbivores. Some insects, however, successfully store these secondary compounds in their tissues and use them as…
Read More
Asterales
- In Asterales: Asteraceae
…to its arsenal of defensive secondary metabolites. While it lacks the iridoid compounds found in other orders of the core asterid lineage of flowering plants, Asteraceae heavily exploits polyacetylenes, bitter sesquiterpenes (especially sesquiterpene lactones), terpenoid volatile oils, latex, several kinds of alkaloids (notably pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the tribe Senecioneae), and…
Read More