Antifungal diene in leaves of various avocado cultivars

Authors
Carman, RM Handley, PN
Citation
Rm. Carman et Pn. Handley, Antifungal diene in leaves of various avocado cultivars, PHYTOCHEM, 50(8), 1999, pp. 1329-1331
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Animal & Plant Sciences
Journal title
PHYTOCHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00319422 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1329 - 1331
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(199904)50:8<1329:ADILOV>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Leaves (both young and mature) of seventeen commercial avocado (Persea amer icana) cultivars have been analysed monthly throughout the year to measure the concentration and seasonal variation of the antifungal diene (Z,Z)-2-hy droxy-4-oxohenicosa-12,15-dien-1-yl acetate (persin). (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.