Research Articles
Cyperenoic acid and (-)-Hardwlckiic acid from the chloroform extract of the roots of Croton aromaticus : isolation and insecticidal properties
Authors:
B. M. Ratnayake Bandara ,
University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, LK
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Department ofChemistry
W. R. Wimalasiri,
University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, LK
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Department ofChemistry
Wasantra A. Wickremasinghe,
Australian National University, G.P.O. Box 4, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, AU
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Research School ofChemistry
K. A. N. Premaratne Bandara
Central Agricultural Research Institute, Gannoruwa, Peradeniya, LK
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Division of Entomology
Abstract
Cyperenoic acid and (-)-hardwickiic acid have been isolated from the chloroform extract of the roots of Croton aromatieus L. Both compounds displayed moderate insecticidal activity against the groundnut aphid Apbis cnuclvora. Comparison of antifungal and insecticidal properties exhibited by me extracts of C. aromaticus L. and C. lacciferus L. corroborates previous conclusions of chemotaxonomic studies that the two taxa be maintained as two distinct species.
How to Cite:
Bandara, B.M.R., Wimalasiri, W.R., Wickremasinghe, W.A. and Bandara, K.A.N.P., 1990. Cyperenoic acid and (-)-Hardwlckiic acid from the chloroform extract of the roots of Croton aromaticus : isolation and insecticidal properties. Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, 18(2), pp.119–126. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/jnsfsr.v18i2.8202
Published on
30 Dec 1990.
Peer Reviewed
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