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Isolation, Behavioral Identification, and Pathogenicity Assessment of Entomopathogenic Fungi from a Forest Wood Borer
Published on: September 29, 2023
Bicycloalternarenes produced by the phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata
B Liebermann1, R P Nussbaum, W Günther
1Biologisch-Pharmazeutische Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Pharmazie, Germany. bernd.liebermann@rz.uni-jena.de
Abstract:
Eleven compounds, ACTG toxins A and B and nine new substances named bicycloalternarenes (BCAs), were isolated and characterized from the culture filtrate of the phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata. Under acidic conditions, these mixed terpenoids convert to pairs of tricycloaltenarenes that can be used for identification of the native compounds. We could not confirm the phytotoxic effects reported with ACTG-toxins in the past. However, BCA 2 at concentrations of 10(-4) M strongly inhibited germination and growth of Spirodela polyrhiza turions.
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