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Arudonine, an allelopathic steroidal glycoalkaloid from the root bark of Solanum arundo Mattei
Katsuya Fukuhara1, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Isao Kubo
1Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3112, USA.
Abstract:
Bioassay-guided fractionation of the methanol extract of the root bark of Solanum arundo Mattei led to the isolation of a steroidal glycoalkaloid, designated arudonine, which was elucidated to be solasodine O-alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)], [alpha-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->4)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside. This steroidal glycoalkaloid inhibited the growth of lettuce seedlings (Lactuca sativa).
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