Anti-fungal sesquiterpenoid from the root exudate of Solanum abutiloides

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2004 Dec;68(12):2640-2. doi: 10.1271/bbb.68.2640.

Abstract

The Solanum abutiloides plant is highly resistant to soil-borne pathogens such as Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melongenae, Verticillium dahliae, and Ralstonia solanacearum. This species is utilized as a mating source of resistant cultivars and is also used as a rootstock. The root exudate of Solanum abutiloides was extracted from a soil system composed of charcoal and vermiculite. Anti-fungal activity was found in the extract, and an active ingredient was isolated. The chemical structure of the active compound was determined to be 3-beta-acetoxysolavetivone, a new sesquiterpenoid. The anti-fungal activity of 3-beta-acetoxysolavetivone examined by the inhibition of spore germination of Fusarium oxysporum was close to that of lubimin, and higher than that of solavetivone.

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Furans / chemistry
  • Furans / isolation & purification
  • Furans / pharmacology
  • Fusarium / drug effects
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Extracts
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Soil
  • Solanum / chemistry*
  • Spores, Fungal / drug effects

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Furans
  • Plant Extracts
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Soil
  • solavetivone