CHEMOECOLOGY - THE LEGACY LEFT BY SWAIN,TONY

Authors
SIMMONDS MSJ
Citation
Msj. Simmonds, CHEMOECOLOGY - THE LEGACY LEFT BY SWAIN,TONY, Phytochemistry, 49(5), 1998, pp. 1183-1190
Citations number
80
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
49
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1183 - 1190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1998)49:5<1183:C-TLLB>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The role of plant-derived compounds in chemoecology, especially herbiv ory, was of great interest to the late Tony Swain. This short review g ives examples of polyhydroxyalkaloids, diterpenoids, limonoids, phenol ics and non-protein amino acids that modify. the feeding behaviour of insects. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserv ed.