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Synthesis and antifungal activity of cinnamic acid esters
S Tawata1, S Taira, N Kobamoto
1Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|May 1, 1996
Abstract:
Cinnamic, p-coumaric and ferulic acids were isolated from pineapple stems (Ananas comosus var. Cayenne). Twenty-four kinds of esters were prepared from these acids, alcohols and the components of Alpinia. Isopropyl 4-hydroxycinnamate (11) and butyl 4-hydroxycinnamate (12) were found to have almost the same effectiveness in antifungal activity against Pythium sp. at 10 ppm as that of the commercial fungicide iprobenfos (kitazin P).