New plant growth promoters, repraesentins A, B and C, from Lactarius repraesentaneus

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2003 Jul;67(7):1597-600. doi: 10.1271/bbb.67.1597.

Abstract

Three new plant growth regulatory sesquiterpenoids were isolated from the Lactarius repraesentaneus fungus. Their structures were elucidated to be a protoilludene sesquiterpene, namely repraesentin A (1), and two related sesquiterpenes, namely repraesentins B (2) and C (3). Compounds 1-3 showed promotion activities toward the radicle elongation of lettuce seedlings by 136%, 118% and 184% at 67 ppm, respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Fungi / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Lactuca / drug effects
  • Lactuca / growth & development
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Growth Regulators / chemistry
  • Plant Growth Regulators / isolation & purification*
  • Plant Growth Regulators / pharmacology*
  • Seedlings / drug effects
  • Seedlings / growth & development
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Plant Growth Regulators
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • repraesentin A
  • repraesentin B
  • repraesentin C