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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"cyanogenesis"”.
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Cyanogenesis and the feeding preference of Acraea horta (L.) (Lepidoptera : Acraeinae)
The statement that similar sorts of plants often have similar medicinal properties (Le. contain similar chemicals) is at least 300 years old, while the concept probably dates back several thousand years (Stace, 1980). Indeed, a knowledge of the secondary chemicals produced by different plant …
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In defence of flowers: The ecology and biochemistry of a chemical defence, cyanogenesis, in Proteaceae
… floral traits and a high frequency of floral cyanogenesis - a constitutive nitrogen-based chemical defence involving the release of toxic hydrogen cyanide from endogenous cyanogenic glycosides (CNglycs) upon tissue damage. There were two main aspects to this research, (1) investigations into …
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Biological activity and regulation of cyclic lipopeptide production in Pseudomonas corrugata and Pseudomonas mediterranea
… antimicrobial activity against Botrytis cinerea. Cyanogenesis seems to be not regulated either by AHL-QS or by RfiA because mutants still retained the ability to produce HCN.