A Novel Leaf-Movement Inhibitor of a Nyctinastic Weed, Sesbania exaltata Cory, Designed on a Naturally Occurring Leaf-Opening Substance and Its Application to a Potential, Highly Selective Herbicide.

A novel leaf-movement inhibitor of a nyc

A novel leaf-movement inhibitor of a nyctinastic weed, Sesbania exaltata Cory, designed on a naturally occurring leaf-opening substance and its application to a potential, highly selective herbicide

✍ Noboru Takada; Eisuke Kato; Katsuhiro Ueda; Shosuke Yamamura; Minoru Ueda 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 French ⚖ 147 KB

We isolated 4-O-b-D-glucopyranosyl-trans-p-coumarate (1), the leaf-opening substance of Sesbania exaltata Cory. The leaf-movement inhibitor, designed on the chemical mechanism of nyctinasty, could keep the leaves of S. exaltata open till the leaves withered and died.