Antifeedant and antifungal activity of chromene compounds isolated from Blepharispermum subsessile

Citation
Sk. Agarwal et al., Antifeedant and antifungal activity of chromene compounds isolated from Blepharispermum subsessile, J ETHNOPHAR, 71(1-2), 2000, pp. 231-234
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
ISSN journal
03788741 → ACNP
Volume
71
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
231 - 234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-8741(200007)71:1-2<231:AAAAOC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Desmethyl isoencecalin and 5-hydroxy-6-acetyl-2-hydroxymethyl-2-methyl chro mene isolated from Blepharispermum subsessile rhizomes were shown to have a ntifeedant activity against larvae of Spilarctia obliqua and also antifunga l activity against Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans (MIC 25-250 mu g/ml). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.