Preparation of optically active 15-epoxy-α-linolenic acids and their anti-rice blast fungus activities

Heterocycles

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1353-1358

  Kato, Tadahiro ^a   Nakai, Toshio ^a   Ishimatu, Takayuki ^a   Hoshikawa, Masahiro ^a   Namai, Tsuneo ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; LINOLENIC ACID;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; EPOXIDATION; RICE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034161820     PISSN: 03855414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3987/COM-99-S147     Document Type: Article

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