%0 Journal Article %J Biochemical Systematics and Ecology %D 1994 %T Secondary chemistry of the leaf surface of Flourensia cernua %A Richard E. Estell %A Kris Havstad %A E.L. Fredrickson %A Gardea-Torresdey, J.L. %K epicuticular waxes %K Flourensia cernua %K leaf surface chemistry %K monoterpenoids %K sesquiterpenoids %X

Epicuticular wax accounted for 9.2% fo the dry weight of whole Flourensia cernua (tarbush) leaves. Leaf surface extracts of tarbush were analyzed for mono- and sesquieterpenoids with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Camphene, # mycrene, 3-carene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, borneol, cis jasmone, # caryphyllene, caryophyllene oxide and globulol were consistently present in tarbush. Concentrations of several unidentififed compunds were estimated. A great deal of plant to plant variability was detected in leaf surface mono= and sesquietepenoid concentration. Infomation obtained on surface chemistry might be exploited to enhance use of tarbush as a forage for domestic herbivores.

%B Biochemical Systematics and Ecology %V 22 %P 73-77 %8 1994 %G eng %U /files/bibliography/419.pdf %R 10.1016/0305-1978(94)90116-3