Simple (single) and compound Inflorescence

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For many aphids, EBF is the principal constituent of the aphid alarm pheromone, and the constitutive production of EBF by plants could hold promise in the control of specific aphid pests

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#Id: 9734

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To store, toxic secondary metabolites is to conjugate them with a sugar, which also makes them more water soluble

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#Id: 9735

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Members of the Brassicales produce glucosinolates—sulfur-containing organic compounds derived from glucose and an amino acid—as their major defensive secondary metabolites

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#Id: 9736

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The hydrolyzing enzyme, myrosinase (a thioglucosidase), is stored in different cells than its substrates. While myrosinase-containing cells are mostly glucosinolate-free, the so-called sulfur-rich cells (or S-cells) contain high concentrations of glucosinolates.

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#Id: 9737

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Sinigrin, a major glucosinolate of black mustard seeds and horseradish roots.

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#Id: 9738

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Members of the Poaceae family use benzoxazinoids an alkaloids derived from tryptophan as constitutively produced defensive secondary metabolites.