Table 1
Allelopathic activity of isolated metabolites from Prosopis juliflora
Compounds from P. juliflora
Allelopathic activity
Reference
N
H
OH
O
NH
2
L-tryptophan
Inhibitory effect on radicle growth of lettuce and barnyard grass at
concentrations greater than 1.5
μM
(Nakano et al. 2001)
HOH
2 C
O
OCH
3
H
3
CO
O
OH
OH
HO
OH
Syringin
Inhibitory effect on root growth of lettuce seedlings (I
40 = 350
μM)
Inhibitory effect on shoot growth of lettuce seedlings (I
40 = 600
μM)
Inhibitory effect on root growth of Barnyard grass seedlings
(I
40 = 400
μM)
Inhibitory effect on shoot growth of Barnyard grass seedlings
(I
40 = 400
μM)
(Nakano et al. 2002)
O
OCH
3
HO
OH
OH
(-)-Lariciresinol
H
3
CO
Inhibitory effect on root growth of lettuce seedlings (I
40 = 600
μM)
Inhibitory effect on shoot growth of lettuce seedlings (I
40 = 600
μM)
Inhibitory effect on root growth of Barnyard grass seedlings
(I
40 = 30
μM)
Inhibitory effect on shoot growth of Barnyard grass seedlings
(I
40 = 100
μM)
(Nakano et al. 2002)
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