TY - JOUR
T1 - Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Senecio jacobaea affect fungal growth
AU - Hol, W.H.G.
AU - Van Veen, J.A.
N1 - Reporting year: 2002
Metis note: 3078; CTE; TME ; TE; file:///L:/Endnotedatabases/NIOOPUB/pdfs/Pdfs2002/Hol_ea_3078.pdf
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We investigated the growth-reducing effects of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) from Senecio jacobaea on nine plant-associated fungi (five strains of Fusarium oxysporum, two of F. sambucinum, and two of Trichoderma sp). Fungal growth was monitored on water agar media containing different concentrations of monocrotaline, retrorsine, or a purified extract of PAs from S. jacobaea. The growth rate of six strains was inhibited by PAs at the highest test concentration (3.33 mM), with the magnitude of the inhibition (7-35%) being dependent upon the specific fungus-PA interaction. In general, the PA extract caused the largest inhibition. However, the fungi isolated from S. jacobaea were positively affected by the PA extract (7-9%). Retrorsine N oxide was as effective as retrorsine in its inhibition of mycelium growth. [KEYWORDS: Senecio jacobaea, pyrrolizidine alkaloids, anti fungal activity, retrorsine, N oxide, monocrotaline]
AB - We investigated the growth-reducing effects of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) from Senecio jacobaea on nine plant-associated fungi (five strains of Fusarium oxysporum, two of F. sambucinum, and two of Trichoderma sp). Fungal growth was monitored on water agar media containing different concentrations of monocrotaline, retrorsine, or a purified extract of PAs from S. jacobaea. The growth rate of six strains was inhibited by PAs at the highest test concentration (3.33 mM), with the magnitude of the inhibition (7-35%) being dependent upon the specific fungus-PA interaction. In general, the PA extract caused the largest inhibition. However, the fungi isolated from S. jacobaea were positively affected by the PA extract (7-9%). Retrorsine N oxide was as effective as retrorsine in its inhibition of mycelium growth. [KEYWORDS: Senecio jacobaea, pyrrolizidine alkaloids, anti fungal activity, retrorsine, N oxide, monocrotaline]
U2 - 10.1023/A:1020557000707
DO - 10.1023/A:1020557000707
M3 - Article
SN - 0098-0331
VL - 28
SP - 1763
EP - 1772
JO - Journal of Chemical Ecology
JF - Journal of Chemical Ecology
IS - 9
ER -