Structures of Plant Growth Inhibitors in Seeds ofCucurbita pepoL

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

Vol. 41 (1) , 189-194
https://doi.org/10.1080/00021369.1977.10862447

Abstract

Structures of five plant growth inhibitors isolated from seeds of Cucurbita pepo L. were elucidated, and shown to be 9,10-dihydroxy-12-octadecenoic acid (1), its methyl ester (2), (1S,2S,3S)-3-hydroxy-2-(2′-cis-pentenyl)-cyclopentane-1-acetic acid (3, named cucurbic acid), 3-O-β-d-glucopyranosylcucurbic acid (4) and methyl 3-O-β-d-glucopyranosylcucurbate (5).