Hirota Mitsuru, Shimizu Yuji, Kamo Tsunashi, Makabe Hidefumi, Shibata Hisao
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Kami-ina, Nagano, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2003 Jul;67(7):1597-600. doi: 10.1271/bbb.67.1597.
Three new plant growth regulatory sesquiterpenoids were isolated from the Lactarius repraesentaneus fungus. Their structures were elucidated to be a protoilludene sesquiterpene, namely repraesentin A (1), and two related sesquiterpenes, namely repraesentins B (2) and C (3). Compounds 1-3 showed promotion activities toward the radicle elongation of lettuce seedlings by 136%, 118% and 184% at 67 ppm, respectively.