Phytotoxic effects of metabolites from Alternaria euphorbiicola against its host plant Euphorbia heterophylla

A bioassay-guided fractionation of culture filtrates of the fungus Alternaria euphorbiicola, a pathogen of the weed Euphorbia heterophylla, led to the isolation of anhydromevalonolactone (1), tyrosol (2), (R)-( - )-mevalonolactone (3), and cycloglycylproline (4). When tested on the punctured leaves...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Vinícius Vieira Varejão, Antônio Jacinto Demuner, Luiz Cláudio de Almeida Barbosa, Robert Weingart Barreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2013-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422013000700014&lng=en&tlng=en