Secondary compounds as protective agents
T Swain - Annual review of plant physiology, 1977 - annualreviews.org
T Swain
Annual review of plant physiology, 1977•annualreviews.orgSecondary Compounds as Protective Agents Page 1 Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 1977. 28:479-501
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AS PROTECTIVE AGENTS Tony Swain Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston,
Massachusetts 02215 CONTENTS +7639 INTRODUCTION ........ .......................................... ......
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Copyright © 1977 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights reserved SECONDARY COMPOUNDS
AS PROTECTIVE AGENTS Tony Swain Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston,
Massachusetts 02215 CONTENTS +7639 INTRODUCTION ........ .......................................... ......
...... .................... ....... ... ....... ......... 479 THE NATURE OF SECONDARY COMPOUNDS .. ... ......................
..... ............................ 480 Introduction …
We live in a chemical world... a world dominated by color, by scent, and by taste (67, 135). Many animal phyla have developed a discriminatory acuity in these latter