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8 Cards in this Set
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coumarins
What are they? Example? |
simpliest phenolic toxin
present in high [ ] in plants ex// Furoccumarin, present in cabbage fam. |
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coumarins
-if plant is damaged |
Furoccumarin is exposed to UV light
becaomes activated in to ^ energy state |
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Isoflavenoids
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Almost exclusive to the Fabacea, legumes
Posesses antimicrobial activity ex// peas, Pisum sativum |
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Isoflavenoids
ex// peas, Pisum sativum |
produce isoflavenoids pisatin following fungal infectrion
- Kills fungus and stops infection |
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Trifolium Species (clovers)
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-mimic esrogen activity
- produce ISOFLAVENOIDS daidzein and COUMESTROL |
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Trifolium Species (clovers)
ISOFLAVENOIDS daidzein and COUMESTROL |
-bind to estrogen receptors
-estrogen and flavoni becomes attached - causes infertility in sheepgrazing on a diet high in clover |
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Tannins
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- exposed to bananas
- leave, tea plants, grasses - bark on trees (some) - deposited on the surface waxes of the plant - or stored in food vacuole |
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Tannins
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- Has bitter taste
-organisms avaois them - interfere w/ glycoprotiens in saliva and digestive tract----> making food indigestible |
