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ID: ALA3046214

Journal: J Agric Food Chem

Title: Friedelane triterpenes from Celastrus vulcanicola as photosynthetic inhibitors.

Authors: Torres-Romero D, King-Díaz B, Strasser RJ, Jiménez IA, Lotina-Hennsen B, Bazzocchi IL.

Abstract: Five friedelane triterpenoids, epifriedelinol (1), friedelin (2), canophyllol (3), pulpononic acid (4) and 3-oxo-29-hydroxyfriedelane (5), were isolated from Celastrus vulcanicola (Celastraceae), and were identified by spectroscopic methods, comparison with authentic samples and reported data. In the search for potential herbicides, compounds 1-5 were evaluated for their photosynthetic inhibitory activity. Compound 1 acts as an energy transfer inhibitor, interacting and enhancing the light-activated Mg(2+)-ATPase, while 3 behaves as a Hill reaction inhibitor. The in vivo assays indicated that 1 and 3 act as selective postemergence herbicides at 100 μM by reducing biomass production in the weed Physalis ixocarpa. Moreover, results from Chl a fluorescence transients in leaves of Lolium perenne and P. ixocarpa suggest that both compounds affect photosynthesis efficiency of the chloroplasts as a response to a process of detoxification and repair. Thus, 1 and 3 reduce biomass by more complex mechanisms than only the damaging of the photosynthetic apparatus.

CiteXplore: 20873773

DOI: 10.1021/jf1022115