𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

ChemInform Abstract: Why the Yew Tree (Taxus baccata) is Not Attacked by Insects.

✍ Scribed by Wlodzimierz M. Daniewski; Maria Gumulka; Waldemar Anczewski; Marek Masnyk; Elzbieta Bloszyk; Kuldip K. Gupta


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Weight
26 KB
Volume
30
Category
Article
ISSN
0931-7597

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


Why the Yew Tree (Taxus baccata) is Not Attacked by Insects.

-Nine compounds are isolated from the needles of T. baccata and identified by comparison of their spectroscopic data with reported data. 10-Deacetyl baccatins III and V are found to exhibit the highest antifeedant activity. -