Oxylipins

Oxylipins are a group of substances that include oxidation products of polyunsaturated fatty acids with oxygen and substances derived from these primary oxidation products. Oxylipins often have intra- or intercellular signaling functions in plants , animals and microorganisms . In plants in particular, oxylipins play a major role as signals in development processes , stress responses and the defense against pathogens . The plant hormone jasmonic acid belongs to this class of substances.

literature

• Xiquan Gao, Michael V. Kolomiets: Host-derived lipids and oxylipins are crucial signals in modulating mycotoxin production by fungi . In: Toxin Reviews . tape 28 , no. 2–3 , 2009, pp. 79-88 , doi : 10.1080 / 15569540802420584 (English).
• Dimitrios I. Tsitsigiannis, Nancy P. Keller: Oxylipins as developmental and host-fungal communication signals . In: TRENDS in Microbiology . tape 15 , no. 3 , 2007, p. 109–118 , doi : 10.1016 / j.tim.2007.01.005 (English, PDF; 962 kB ( memento of July 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )).