Antifeedant bioactivity of sesquiterpene lactones from Neurolaena lobata and their antagonism by γ-aminobutyric acid

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 371-377

  Passreiter, Claus M ^a   Isman, Murray B ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifeedants; Asteraceae; GABA antagonists; Germacranolides; Neurolaena lobata; Sesquiterpene lactones; Spodoptera litura; Structure activity relations

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INSECT REPELLENT; PARTHENOLIDE; PICROTOXININ; PLANT EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE; STRYCHNINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

NEUROLAENA LOBATA;

EID: 0030743092     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(97)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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