Laticifers are specialized cells that occur in over 20 plant families in several unrelated
angiosperm orders. Although laticifers are likely to be of polyphyletic origin, their occurrence …

Latex, a sap produced by cells called laticifers, occurs in plants of wide taxonomic diversity.
Plants exude latex sap in response to physical damage. Questions about the function of …

Latex is a sticky emulsion that exudes upon damage from specialized canals in about 10%
of flowering plant species. Latex has no known primary metabolic function and has been …

Plant latex is an endogenous fluid secreted from highly specialized laticifer cells and has
been suggested to act as a plant defense system. The chemical profile of the latex of …

The present work is based on the study of the laticiferous system in Hevea. It therefore
covers anatomical, histological, and cytological research on laticifers and latex, together with …

Latex is a widespread defence in plants against natural enemies and a literature-based
summary of latex-producing angiosperms shows records in 40 families, and more than …

Plant latex and other exudates are saps that are exuded from the points of plant damage
caused either mechanically or by insect herbivory. Although many (ca. 10%) of plant species …

A tremendous diversity of plants exude sticky and toxic latex upon tissue damage, and its
production has been widely studied as a defensive adaptation against insect herbivores …

The laticifer fluid of Calotropis procera is rich in proteins and there is evidence that they are
involved in the pharmacological properties of the latex. However, not much is known about …

Natural rubber, cis-1, 4-polyisoprene, is obtained from a colloidal fluid called latex, which
represents the cytoplasmic content of the laticifers of the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) …