The extracts and sesquiterpene lactones of S.argentinum were assayed to deter- mine their biological activity on Artemia salina. The most active compound was costunolide (1) with LD50 = 62 ppm.

As part of a systematic chemical investigation of Chilean Compositae (1-3), we examined the secondar chemistry of a member of the genus Gochnatia (tribe Mutisieae, subtribe Gochnatiinae): Gochnatia foliosa var. fscicularia ...

Farmers of the Franca region in Brazil observed that Bidens sulphurea was able to eliminate the Panicum maximum weed, which infected coffee plantations, without affecting the crop. In an effort to determine if the inhibitory ...

Aim of the study: Magnolia ovata (A.St.-Hil.) Spreng (formerly Talauma ovata), known as ""pinha-do-brejo"" or ""baguacu"", is a large tree widely distributed in Brazil. Its trunk bark has been used in folk medicine against ...

Bioassay-guided fractionation of an MeCOEt extract of Frullania nisquallensis Sull. has furnished a DNA-damaging sesquiterpene, costunolide (1), and two inactive compounds, a sesquiterpene (-)-frullanolide (2) and a ...

Bioassay-guided fractionation of an MeCOEt extract of Frullania nisquallensis Sull. has furnished a DNA-damaging sesquiterpene, costunolide (1), and two inactive compounds, a sesquiterpene (-)-frullanolide (2) and a ...

Fourteen novel sesquiterpene lactones of the germacranolide type have been isolated from the aerial parts of Mikania guaco: six costunolide, two melampolide and six germacra-4-trans,10(14),11(13)-trien-12,6α-olide derivatives. ...

Cosmos sulphureus Cav. é uma espécie que foi introduzida no Brasil como ornamental e hoje se comporta como uma planta daninha, apresentando elevado poder invasivo no ambiente, devido ao seu potencial alelopático, suprimindo ...