Antifungal compounds from the root and root exudate of Zea mays.
A maize plant (Zea mays) planted in a test tube was found to inhibit the growth of the soil-borne plant pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melongenae. The antifungal compounds, 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone and 6,7-dimethoxybenzoxazolinone, were isolated from an ethanol extract of Zea mays roots, and (6R)-7,8-dihydro-3-oxo-alpha-ionone and (6R,9R)-7,8-dihydro-3-oxo-alpha-ionol were isolated from the root exudate.
Park
Sun
S
Laboratory of Bio-organic Chemistry, Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Takano
Yuuko
Y
Matsuura
Hideyuki
H
Yoshihara
Teruhiko
T
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001583:Benzoxazoles / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D005670:Fusarium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D003313:Zea mays / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D001583:Benzoxazoles; C031896:6-methoxybenzoxazolinone