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Phytotoxic activity of quinones and resorcinolic lipid derivatives
Mizuno, Cassia S.,Rimando, Agnes M.,Duke, Stephen O.
scheme or table, p. 4353 - 4355 (2011/08/05)
On the basis of the reported phytotoxic activity of sorgoleone and resorcinolic lipids identified from the root extracts of Sorghum bicolor, 8 resorcinolic lipid derivatives and 10 quinones with various side chain sizes were synthesized. The phytotoxicity of the compounds was tested against a monocot and a dicot species. The quinones were phytotoxic, whereas the resorcinolic lipids were not. Of the quinones, 2-hydroxy-5-methoxy-3- pentylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione, having a five-carbon side chain, showed phytotoxic activity similar to that of natural compound sorgoleone. This article not subject to U.S. Copyright. Published 2010 by the American Chemical Society.
