Plants produce a diverse array of secondary metabolites as chemical barriers against
herbivores. Many phytophagous insects are highly adapted to these allelochemicals and …

Apiose is a unique branched-chain pentose found principally in plants. It is a key component
of structurally complex cell wall polysaccharides, as well as being present in a large number …

Apiose is a unique branched-chain pentose found in plant glycosides and a key component
of the cell wall polysaccharide pectin and other specialized metabolites. More than 1,200 …

" This volume captures the state-of-the-art in the study of insect-plant interactions, and marks
the transformation of the field into evolutionary biology. The contributors present integrative …

Pancreatic lipase plays essential roles in the digestion, transport, and processing of dietary
lipids in humans. Inhibition of pancreatic lipase leading to the decrease of lipid absorption …

A new quinoline alkaloid, 5‐hydroxy‐6‐methoxy‐N‐methyl‐2‐phenylquinoline‐4‐one (1),
and seventeen known quinoline alkaloids (2–18) were isolated from the roots of Orixa …

A new pyrrolidine alkaloid named (Z)-3-(4-hydroxybenzylidene)-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-
methylpyrrolidin-2-one was isolated from the ethanol extract of the root barks of Orixa …

Numerous and charismatic, the Lepidoptera is one of the most widely studied groups of
invertebrates. Advances in molecular tools and genomic techniques have reduced the need …

Fractionation of a methanol extract of Orixa japonica leaves led to the identification of five
new quinoline alkaloids (1, 2, 4, 8, and 9), three new coumarins (15, 17, and 19), and 20 …

Colobanthus quitensis, the only dicot that inhabits Antarctica, is subjected to different abiotic
factors such as high UV-B levels in spring-summer. Several authors described the flavonoid …