Compartmentation of Secondary Metabolites and Xenobiotics in Plant Vacuoles

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter discusses compartmentation of secondary metabolites and xenobiotics in plant vacuoles. Plants need to protect themselves against herbivores microorganisms. Various defense strategies can be observed plants, which are not independent may operate cooperatively synergistically. These include physical protection by thorns, spikes, trichomes, glandular or stinging hairs, the production storage chemicals, abundant a typical trait all plants. Plant surfaces usually covered hydrophobic cuticle consisting antibiotic deterrent/repellent cuticular waxes contain other biologically active allelochemicals such as flavonoids. synthesize inhibitory proteins enzymes, could degrade microbial cell walls constituents, peroxidase phenolase, help inactivate toxins produced pathogens. produce store with toxic properties microorganisms, viruses and/or herbivores. In addition defense, employed plants attract pollinating insects seed–dispersing animals, for example colored compounds betalains, anthocyanins. this case, it considered that attracting signal substances. Xenobiotics characterized indigenously present particular species. nature, metabolites, released environment either via rhizosphere leaching from aerial parts. A more recent exposure is due agrochemicals industrial pollutants.