Antifungal Abietane-Type Diterpenes from the Cones of Taxodium distichum Rich

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1381-1386

  Kusumoto, Norihisa ^a   Ashitani, Tatsuya ^a,b   Murayama, Tetsuya ^a,b   Ogiyama, Koichi ^b   Takahashi, Koetsu ^a,b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abietane type diterpene; Antifungal activity; Brown rot fungi; Chemical defense; Conifer cone; Taxodium distichum; White rot fungi

Indexed keywords

ABIETANE DERIVATIVE; DITERPENE; FUNGICIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ORGANIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CORIOLACEAE; DRUG EFFECT; TAXODIUM; TRAMETES;

CORIOLACEAE; DITERPENES; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; TAXODIUM; TRAMETES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CORIOLACEAE; FOMITOPSIS PALUSTRIS; FUNGI; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR;

EID: 78650523547     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9875-2     Document Type: Article

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