A NOVEL INSECT ANTIFEEDANT NONPROTEIN AMINO-ACID FROM CALOTROPIS-GIGANTEA

Authors
PARI K RAO PJ DEVAKUMAR C RASTOGI JN
Citation
K. Pari et al., A NOVEL INSECT ANTIFEEDANT NONPROTEIN AMINO-ACID FROM CALOTROPIS-GIGANTEA, Journal of natural products, 61(1), 1998, pp. 102-104
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Medicinal","Plant Sciences","Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
Journal of natural products → ACNP
ISSN journal
01633864
Volume
61
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
102 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-3864(1998)61:1<102:ANIANA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Giganticine (1), a novel nonprotein amino acid, has been isolated from a methanol extract of the root bark of Calotropis gigantea and its st ructure established by spectroscopic methods. It exhibited a significa nt antifeedant activity against nymphs of the desert locust Schistocer ca gregaria.