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

✍ Scribed by Noboru Takada; Eisuke Kato; Katsuhiro Ueda; Shosuke Yamamura; Minoru Ueda

• Book ID: 104252099
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 147 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(02)01848-8

✦ Synopsis

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.