The indole alkaloid,hypaphorine and Pterocarpus seed protection |
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| Authors: | Daniel H. Janzen David G. Lynn Linda E. Fellows Winifred Hallwachs |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901, U.S.A.;2. Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, TW9 3DS, U.K.;3. Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | L-Hypaphorine has been isolated as a major constituent of the seeds of Pterocarpus officinalis, seeds which are rejected as a food source by a wide variety of seed-eating rodents dwelling in the same habitat. Incorporation of the isolated hypaphorine into artificial diets of a small seed predator, Liomys salvini (a rodent) supports its role as a feeding deterrent. |
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| Keywords: | Leguminosae indole alkaloid rodent feeding deterrence. |
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