Chemical studies of secondary metabolites in Betula and Pinus
Subtitle: with emphasis on defence against mammalian herbivores
By: by Kerstin Sunnerheim-Sjöberg.
Contributors: Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet.
Publisher: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Uppsala
Language: eng
Subjects: Plant metabolites.; Metabolism, Secondary.; Plant defenses.; Betula pendula -- Metabolism.; Scots pine -- Metabolism.; Herbivores -- Ecology.
Notes: Issued also as thesis, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet.

Consists of a general discussion and 5 papers.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I. Seasonal variation of phenols, crude protein and cell wall content of birch (Betula pendula Roth.) in relation to ruminant in vitro digestibility; title: II. Chemical defense in birch, platyphylloside: a phenol from Betula pendula inhibiting digestibility; title: III. Multivariate study of moose browsing in relation to phenol pattern in pine needles; title: IV. (1S,2R,4S,5S)-angelicoidenol 2-o-D-glucopyranoside - a moose deterrent compound in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.); title: V. Inheritance of three flavanoid glucosides in needles of Pinus sylvestris L.