The mysterious Mauritian red nectar: a selective toxicant?
Using knowledge-based computational structure-activity relationship models, it is hypothesized that the aurone responsible for the uniquely red nectar of several Mauritian bird-pollinated plants functions as a repellant of nectar-robbing or herbivorous mammalian species.
Rosenkranz
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Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Klopman
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D000818:Animals; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity; D001597:Benzylidene Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity; D001717:Birds; D008322:Mammals; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D001572:Benzofurans; D001597:Benzylidene Compounds