Author:Ncube, EN; Mhlongo, MI; Piater, LA; Steenkamp, PA; Dubery, IA; Madala, NEDate:Nov 2014Chlorogenic acids (CGAs) are a class of phytochemicals that are formed as esters between different derivatives of cinnamic acid and quinic acid molecules. In plants, accumulation of these compounds has been linked to several physiological ...Read more
Author:Madala, NE; Steenkamp, PA; Piater, LA; Dubery, IADate:Jul 2012Nicotiana tabacum cell suspensions, 2g wet wt/ml, rapidly took up 1 mM isonitrosoacetophenone (INAP), a plant-derived stress metabolite with anti-oxidative and anti-fungal properties, producing 40-hexopyranosyloxy-30-methoxyisonitrosoacetophenone ...Read more
Author:Tugizimana, F; Steenkamp, PA; Piater, LA; Dubery, IADate:Feb 2012Plants have the ability to continuously respond to microbial signals in their environment. One of these stimuli is a steroid from fungal membranes, ergosterol, which does not occur in plants, but acts as a pathogen-associated molecular pattern ...Read more
Author:Madala, NE; Steenkamp, PA; Piater, LA; Dubery, IADate:Oct 2013Plants have developed biochemical and molecular responses to adapt to different stress environments. One of the characteristics of the multi-component defence response is the production of defence-related metabolites. Plant defences can be ...Read more