NATURAL PHENOLS AS STRESS METABOLITES

The induced incorporation of phenylpropanoids into the cell wall is a common response of plant cells to stress such as wounding, infection or elicitation.
The quality and the regulation of this cell wall reinforcement are not well understood, but the basic features are beginning to emerge.
The physiological significance of the reinforcement process is probably not limited to the physical strengthening of the cell wall but likely includes additional functions for survival of the cells under stress conditions.

International Symposium on Natural Phenols in Plant Resistance

U. Matern, B. Grimmig

Elicitor-induced phenylpropanoids, cinnamoylesters, 2-phenylethanols, vanillin and 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, biosynthesis of feruloyl-CoA, caffeoyl-CoA-specific 3-O-methyltransferase, regulation of the disease resistance response, parsley (Petroselinum crispum) cell cultures

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1994.381.58