| Range |
~200,000 Metabolites
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| Organism |
Plants |
| Reference |
Pichersky E, Lewinsohn E. Convergent evolution in plant specialized metabolism. Annu Rev Plant Biol. 2011 Jun62: 549-66. p.550 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID21275647
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| Primary Source |
Dixon RA, Strack D. 2003. Phytochemistry meets genome analysis, and beyond. Phytochemistry 62: 815–16PubMed ID12590109
|
| Comments |
Specialized metabolites are defined as those compounds that are present in
some plant species and not in others, also known as secondary metabolites. Over 200,000 given in PMID 21166475 p.1571 right column 2nd paragraph |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107374 |