Defence compounds and their taxonomic significance in Euphorbiaceae

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Published: 31.12.1993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1993.03.02.06
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Biosynthetic pathways, Secondary metabolites, Shikimate pathway

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A. Hemalatha
Post-Graduate Department of Botany, Nizam College, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500 001.
M. Radhakrishnaiah
Post-Graduate Department of Botany, Nizam College, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500 001.

Abstract

The products of shikimate (proanthocyanidins, tannins, caffeic acid, chloro genic acid, alkaloids) and acetate mevalonate (steroids, terpenoids, iridoids) pathways in 86 members of Euphorbiaceae are analysed and interpreted in terms of their advancement. The incidence of caffeic acid or its isomer in a number of taxa of the present study adduces its efficacy, The evolutionary strategies among some of the ecotypes/cultivars are discussed in the light of biosynthetic pathways.

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (1993): Rheedea

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Hemalatha, A., & Radhakrishnaiah , M. (1993). Defence compounds and their taxonomic significance in Euphorbiaceae. Rheedea, 3(2), 124-128. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1993.03.02.06