苯丙素是一個有機化合物家族，植物通過莽草酸途徑代謝後會產生苯丙氨酸和酪氨酸，苯丙氨酸和酪氨酸可以合成苯丙素[1]。許多植物內都含有苯丙素。它可以參與抵禦紫外線、食草動物和病原體。 參考文獻 [1]Barros J, Serrani-Yarce JC, Chen F, Baxter D, Venables BJ, Dixon RA. Role of bifunctional ammonia-lyase in grass cell wall biosynthesis. Nat. Plants. 2016, 2 (6): 16050. PMID 27255834. S2CID 3462127. doi:10.1038/nplants.2016.50. 外部連結 K Hahlbrock, D Scheel. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Phenylpropanoid Metabolism. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology. 1989, 40: 347–69. doi:10.1146/annurev.pp.40.060189.002023.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.