D'Auria John C, Gershenzon Jonathan
Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll Strasse 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2005 Jun;8(3):308-16. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2005.03.012.
Despite its small stature, short life-cycle and highly reduced genome, Arabidopsis thaliana has a complement of secondary metabolites that is every bit as numerous and diverse as those of other plant taxa. The list of secondary metabolites isolated from this model species has expanded more than five-fold in the past ten years, and many more substances are likely to be added in the near future. Among the classes of compounds recently discovered are coumarins, benzenoids and terpenoids. Many A. thaliana secondary metabolites appear to have internal roles within the plant instead of (or in addition to) mediating ecological interactions.
尽管拟南芥体型小、生命周期短且基因组高度简化，但它所含的次生代谢产物种类与其他植物类群一样丰富多样。在过去十年中，从这种模式植物中分离出的次生代谢产物清单已扩展了五倍多，并且在不久的将来可能会添加更多物质。最近发现的化合物类别包括香豆素、苯类化合物和萜类化合物。许多拟南芥次生代谢产物似乎在植物内部发挥作用，而非（或除了）介导生态相互作用。
