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Chemo-Ecological Role of Spirostanol Saponins in the Interaction between Plants and Insects

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Saponins in Food, Feedstuffs and Medicinal Plants

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Herbivorous insects exploit not only the main primary metabolites of plants as nutrients but also many further chemical constituents which have a rich structural and quantitative variability. These constituents, characterised most often as secondary metabolites, possess a wide range of biological activities and functions. Insects utilise frequently such compounds to their benefit, i.e. as kairomones. However, plants defend themselves, in an ecological sense, again with a rich variety of secondary metabolites which have negative effect on insects, i.e. as allomones. These positively or negatively acting substances are often specific with regard to functions or species and can be classified in many ways.

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Harmatha, J. (2000). Chemo-Ecological Role of Spirostanol Saponins in the Interaction between Plants and Insects. In: Oleszek, W., Marston, A. (eds) Saponins in Food, Feedstuffs and Medicinal Plants. Proceedings of the Phythochemical Society of Europe, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9339-7_14

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