植物次生代谢物对植食性哺乳动物的营养和生理生态效应是动植物相互关系研究中的一个重要方面。本文简要介绍了植食性哺乳动物处理植物次生代谢物的一般途径,着重阐述了植物次生代谢物对植食性哺乳动物的营养和生理特征的限制方式,并对决定植食性哺乳动物处理植物次生代谢物能力差异性的相关因素进行了探讨。最后,结合国际上的研究趋势,论述了国内开展此类研究的方向和重点。
The effects of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) on mammalian herbivores are important to understand the relationship between plants and animals. This paper reviewed the development on the nutritional and physiological responses to PSMs in mammalian herbivores, mainly including the general method which animals used to deal with PSMs, the ways and development which PSMs restrict the animal nutritional and physiological properties, and the determinants to the capability to process PSMs. Finally, some possible developing trends in the future are proposed.