CHEBI:60952 - diterpene phytoalexin

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ChEBI Name diterpene phytoalexin ChEBI ID CHEBI:60952 Definition A class of diterpene formed in plants in response to fungal infection, physical damage, chemical injury, or a pathogenic process; they are sometimes referred to as plant antibiotics. Diterpenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons containing 20 carbon atoms and 4 branched methyl groups and are made up of isoprenoid units. Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team. Submitter T. Berardini Roles Classification Biological Role(s): phytoalexin A toxin made by a plant that acts against an organism attacking it. (via terpenoid phytoalexin ) View more via ChEBI Ontology ChEBI Ontology Outgoing diterpene phytoalexin (CHEBI:60952) is a diterpenoid (CHEBI:23849) diterpene phytoalexin (CHEBI:60952) is a terpenoid phytoalexin (CHEBI:180906) Synonyms Sources diterpene phytoalexins ChEBI diterpenoid phytoalexin ChEBI diterpenoid phytoalexins ChEBI Last Modified 05 November 2021