Data di Pubblicazione:
2004
Citazione:
Cytotoxic constituents of Alectra and Striga species / C. Rank, L..S. Rasmussen, S..R. Jensen, S. Pierce, M..C. Press, J..D. Scholes. - In: WEED RESEARCH. - ISSN 0043-1737. - 44:4(2004), pp. 265-270.
Abstract:
Decimation of cereal growth and yields by hemiparasitic Striga species cannot be accounted for entirely by the removal of host-plant resources. The production of toxic compounds by the parasite has been suggested. An investigation of three species of the economically important Striga and the related Alectra vogelii has now resulted in the isolation of eight iridoid glucosides (mussaenosidic acid, mussaenoside, gardoside methyl ester, bartsioside, isoaucubin, melittoside, aucubin and eurostoside), two caffeoyl phenylethyl glycosides (calceolarioside A and verbascoside) as well as shikimic acid and trigonelline, all identified by NMR spectroscopy. The iridoids are potent cytotoxins and probably represent an anti-herbivore defence system common to Scrophulariaceae (sensu lato). This has the potential to explain differences in tolerance apparent for contrasting host taxa and cultivars. The nature of the iridoids present also provides additional validation of the recent transferral of parasitic Scrophulariaceae (s.l.) to Orobanchaceae.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
C. Rank, L..S. Rasmussen, S..R. Jensen, S. Pierce, M..C. Press, J..D. Scholes
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