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The insecticidal activity of some fungal dihydroisocoumarins

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The insecticidal activity of asperentin, a dihydroisocoumarin secondary metabolic product of an entomogenous strain of Aspergillus flavus, and some derivatives and analogues, is compared with that of fusarentin dimethyl ether, from Fusarium larvarum, and ochratoxin A in two bioassays against Calliphora erythrocephala and Aedes aegypti.

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Grove, J.F., Pople, M. The insecticidal activity of some fungal dihydroisocoumarins. Mycopathologia 76, 65–67 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443751

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