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Title: BRUCHINS. MOTOGENIC 3-(HYDROXYPROPANOYL) ESTERS OF LONG CHAIN DIOLS FROM WEEVILS OF THE BRUCHIDAE

Author
item OLIVER, JAMES
item DOSS, ROBERT
item WILLIAMSOM, R. - OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
item CARNEY, JOHN - KOSAN BIOSCIENCES
item DE VILBISS, E

Submitted to: Tetrahedron Letters
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/22/2000
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: Interpretative Summary A new and unprecedented class of chemicals has been isolated and identified from certain weevils that stimulate cell division in pods of susceptible peas. This paper describes the identification and syntheses of these compounds; the work described here has made material available for further studies that may lead to new uses for, and agricultural applications of, substances able to promote cell division in plants.

Technical Abstract: Technical Abstract Mono- and bis 3-(hydroxypropanoyl) esters of long chain, unsaturated diols isolated and identified from two genera of the family Bruchidae, have been shown to be responsible for the mitogenic activity observed on pea pods resulting from oviposition by the pea weevil, Bruchis pisorum. The mitogenic compounds have been characterized and synthesized.