Sr. Parker et al., BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITY OF 6-PENTYL-2H-PYRAN-2-ONE AND ITS ANALOGS, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 45(7), 1997, pp. 2774-2776
The in vitro biological activities (antifungal, phytotoxic) for a grou
p of fungal metabolites structurally related to 6-pentyl-2H-pyran-2-on
e have been determined. Six compounds were tested and showed a degree
of phytotoxicity in one or more of the assays employed. From among the
analogs tested, (R)-5,6-dihydro-6-pentyl-2H-pyran-2-one has been iden
tified as the most active against Penicillium species.