| Literature DB >> 19319866 |
Chun-Feng Xie1, Hong-Xiang Lou.
Abstract
Bryophytes frequently grow in an unfavorable environment as the earliest land plants, and inevitably biosynthesize secondary metabolites against biotic or abiotic stress. They not only defend against the plant competition, microbial attack, and insect or animal predation, but also function in UV protection, drought tolerance, and freezing survival. This review covers the ecological aspect of secondary metabolites in bryophytes and is taxonomically presented according to the ecological significances.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19319866 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200700450
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Biodivers ISSN: 1612-1872 Impact factor: 2.408