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Phytochemical Diversity in the Order Rutales

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Phytochemical Potential of Tropical Plants

Part of the book series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry ((RAPT,volume 27))

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The order Rutales, which is taken here to include the families Rutaceae, Meliaceae, Simaroubaceae, Cneoraceae and Ptaeroxylaceae, is, for its size (Table 1), among the richest and most diverse sources of secondary metabolites in the Angiospermae. In this paper I intend to review the range of metabolites that are known to be produced within the order, highlighting those for which distribution is either wholly or largely restricted to the order. This review is not meant to be an exhaustive, extensive listing of the occurrence of some classes of compounds as provided by Waterman and Grundon1 up to 1983 and recently updated by Hegnauer.2

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Waterman, P.G. (1993). Phytochemical Diversity in the Order Rutales. In: Downum, K.R., Romeo, J.T., Stafford, H.A. (eds) Phytochemical Potential of Tropical Plants. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol 27. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1783-6_9

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