title: The mysterious Mauritian red nectar: a selective toxicant?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Rosenkranz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klopman
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D001597:Benzylidene Compounds