Sentence examples for defensive substances from inspiring English sources
Based on previous studies, we have hypothesized that agarwood is the product of a plant defense response [ 18]: when an Aquilaria tree is wounded, damage signals are induced and transmitted, activating the defense response, after which defensive substances such as sesquiterpenes and phenylethyl chromone derivatives are produced.
Plants synthesize a huge variety of terpenoid natural products, including photosynthetic pigments, signaling molecules, and defensive substances.
Unlike animals, plants do not have immune defense systems and thus do not gain protection through production of antibodies and other defensive substances.
Many of marine macroorganisms are able to stay free from biofouling and their secondary metabolites are believed to be chemical defensive substances.
Phytoestrogens do mimic reproductive hormones and are proposed to be defensive substances produced by plants to modulate the fertility of herbivores.
SA and MeJA pretreatment improved the resistance of chrysanthemum against aphids and increased the content of ROS species, defensive substances, flavonoids and lignins (data not shown), which implied that multiple pathways should be involved in the response of chrysanthemum to the aphid infestation.
Propolis is one of the most fascinating bee product, both building material and defensive substance.
Propolis is a sticky material collected by bees from plants, and used in the hive as building material and defensive substance.
It was inferred that miR172 might be involved in dwarf mutant through targeting cytochrome P450 to interfere with the biosynthesis of terpenoids, such as GA, ABA, carotenoids and defensive substance of plant [ 60].
Propolis (bee glue) is a resinous honeybee product collected by bees from plants and used as a building material and as a defensive antimicrobial substance in their hives [1].
"Pines need moisture to produce the defensive sticky substance required to repel the bark beetle when attacked," reads a Jan . 29warning posted on the city's website.
