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phytoalexin
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phytoalexin [ˌfaɪtəʊəˈlɛksɪn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany any of a group of substances produced by plants that inhibit the growth of pathogenic fungi that infect them
[from phyto- + Greek alexein to ward off]


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Gruenwald noted that newly discovered phytoalexins, which are substances that are produced by "strcssed" plants, could offer significant market po tential.
More recent research into the use of plant phytoalexins as nutritional components has opened up a new area of food science.
Wonders of Resveratrol Twenty years ago, a remarkable group of naturally occurring compounds known as phytoalexins was discovered.
 
 
 
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