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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Constitutive chemical defenses are effective against many different herbivores, including insects and mammals. 

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Hemlock (Cicuta sp.) produces cicutoxin, a polyacetylene that prolongs the repolarization of neuronal action potentials.

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#Id: 9727

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The active principle in foxglove (Digitalis sp.) is cardinolide digitoxin, a cardiac glycoside that inhibits ATPase activity and can increase myocardial contraction.

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Laticifers are made of individual cells and can occur either as articulated systems (single cells connected by a small tube) or non-articulated systems (one large syncytial cell).

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Latex are resin terpenoids produced by laticifers is released upon damage and often contains cardiac glycosides which fend off herbivores.

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#Id: 9730

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Conifer resin ducts produces bicyclic monoterpenes such as a-pinene and b-pinene, monocyclic terpenes like limonene and terpinolene, and tricyclic sesquiterpenes, including longifolene, caryophyllene, and d-cadinene, as well as resin acids, which are released immediately upon damage by herbivores