A journey of twenty-five years through the ecological biochemistry of flavonoids.
The ecological biochemistry of flavonoids, in which I have been engaged for 25 years, is summarized in this review article. The review covers (1) a survey of rare bio-active flavonoids in higher plants; (2) the fungal metabolism of prenylated flavonoids; (3) flavonoids antidoting against benzimidazole fungicides; (4) dihydroflavonol ampelopsin in Salix sachalinensis as a feeding stimulant towards willow beetles; and (5) flavones as signaling substances in the life-cycle development of the phytopathogenic Peronosporomycete Aphanomyces cochlioides, a cause of spinach root rot and sugar beet damping-off diseases. Finally recent trends in the ecological biochemistry of flavonoids are briefly described.
Tahara
Satoshi
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Laboratory of Ecological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan. tahara@abs.agr.hokudai.ac.jp
D017753:Ecosystem; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry
D005419:Flavonoids