Larvicidal Constituents ofMelantheria albinervia
- 1 December 1995
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Planta Medica
- Vol. 61 (06) , 562-563
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2006-959374
Abstract
Bioactivity-guided fractionation has led to the isolation of two larvicidal diterpenes, active against the yellow fever-transmitting mosquito Aedes aegypti, from a dichloromethane root extract of Melantheria albinervia (Asteraceae), a plant from Zimbabwe. These diterpenes were identified as ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid and 9(ll),16-kauradien-19-oic acid. The diterpenes were also weakly active against Bacillus subtilis.Keywords
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