phytoallexin

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phytoallexin

chemical produced by plants in response to tissue damage by microbes or herbivores, usually insects. Such chemicals may be toxic to animals the affected plants, e.g. furanocoumarins in fungus-infected parsnips may cause primary photosensitization in pigs.

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