Abe Masaki, Imai Tetsuya, Ishii Naoki, Usui Makio, Okuda Toru, Oki Toshikazu
Naruto Research Center, Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd., Naruto, Tokushima, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2005 Jun;69(6):1202-5. doi: 10.1271/bbb.69.1202.
By a screening program searching for new pesticides from fungal sources, an insecticidal compound was isolated from Penicillium citrinum F 1539. The compound, named quinolactacide, was novel and showed 88% mortality against green peach aphids (Myzus persicae) at 250 ppm. Its structure was determined by spectroscopic techniques.