Role of secondary metabolites in defense mechanism
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Plants produce a high diversity of natural products or secondary metabolites with a prominent function in the protection against predators and microbial pathogens on the basis of their toxic nature and repellence to herbivores and microbes and some of which also involved in defense against abiotic stress (e.g. UV-B ...
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The role of secondary metabolites in defence may involve deterrence/anti-feedant activity, toxicity or acting as precursors to physical defence systems. ... An enormous variety of secondary metabolites are derived from shikimic acid or aromatic amino acids, many of which have important roles in defence mechanisms.
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