Інтродукція Рослин (Mar 2000)
Physiological and biochemical peculiarities of seeds of species of Rhododendron L. genus
Abstract
The paper deals with composition, biological role and functions of physiologically active substances in seeds of different age from various species of Rhododendron L. genus. It has been shown that these seeds have a high allelopathic potential caused by qualitative and quantitative content of phenolic compounds and availability of lectins. It has been found out that in due course some metabolic processes take place and this has certain effect on all the studied kinds of biological activity.