COMPOSITION, MITICIDAL ACTIVITY AND GROWTH-REGULATION EFFECT ON RADISH SEEDS OF EXTRACTS FROM MELALEUCA SPECIES

Authors
YATAGAI M OHIRA T NAKASHIMA K
Citation
M. Yatagai et al., COMPOSITION, MITICIDAL ACTIVITY AND GROWTH-REGULATION EFFECT ON RADISH SEEDS OF EXTRACTS FROM MELALEUCA SPECIES, Biochemical systematics and ecology, 26(7), 1998, pp. 713-722
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Biology Miscellaneous",Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Biochemical systematics and ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03051978
Volume
26
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
713 - 722
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-1978(1998)26:7<713:CMAAGE>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The leaf oil components of six Melaleuca species were analyzed. M. sym phyocarpa had a higher content of 1,8-cineole and M. bracteata contain ed large amounts of phenyl propanoids, while the other species had oil s which contained complex mixture of mono- and sesquiterpenes. The lea f oil of M. bracteata exhibited the strongest miticidal activity again st European house-dust mites (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus). It also had the strongest germination and growth-inhibition activity against radish seeds. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.