ISSN:
1573-1561
Keywords:
Allelochemicals
;
Eleocharis smallii
;
plant phenolics
;
Scirpus acutus
;
wild rice
;
Zizania palustris
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract Aqueous extracts of rhizomes of Scirpus acutus and shoots of Eleocharis smallii were analyzed for the presence of phytotoxic compounds using ethyl acetate extraction. The organic fractions of the extract of Scirpus rhizomes contained lactic, succinic, fumaric, 2-hydroxysuccinic, 2-phenyl lactic, m-hydroxybenzoic, p-hydroxybenzoic, protocatechuic, dehydroabietic, and ferulic acids; p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, p-hydroxyphenyl ethanol and catechin. The extract of Eleocharis shoots contained 4-methoxy phenol, benzofuran, benzene acetic acid, 1-hydroxy-5-methyl acetophenone, and 1,3,4-dimethoxyphenol ethanone identified by GC-Mass spectroscopy. The potential allelopathic effect of these compounds on wild rice under field conditions was discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1020805704172
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