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Why Are Plants Not Poisoned By Their Own Defensive Toxins? – Science Times
Plants produce defensive toxins, and yet they are not poisoned by them. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena and the University…
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena and the University of Münster, Germany described how plants could produce defensive toxins without harming themselves.
Their study showed the biosynthesis and the exact mode of action of a group of defensive substances, known as diterpene glycoside, in tobacco plants. These toxins attack certain parts of the plant’s cell membrane but plants store these toxins in a non-toxic form to protect themselves.
Science Daily reported that…
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