Allelopathy and the allelothathic activity of a phenylpropanol from cucumber plants
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The growth inhibitory effect of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants after crop harvested was investigated. Aqueous methanol extracts of the cucumber plants inhibited the growth of roots and shoots of cress (Lepidium sativum L.), lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.), timothy (Pheleum pratense L.), crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis L.), Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv and Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link, and increasing the extract concentration increased the inhibition. These results suggest that cucumber plants may possess allelopathic activity. The aqueous methanol extract of cucumber plants was divided into ethyl acetate and aqueous fractions, and the growth inhibitory activity of ethyl acetate fraction was greater than that of aqueous fraction. Thus, ethyl acetate fraction was further purified and a main allopathically active substance in the fraction was isolated and determined as (S)-2-benzoyloxy-3-phenyl-1-propanol by spectral data. This substance inhibited root and shoot growth of cress seedlings at concentrations greater than 10 μM, and the concentration required for 50% inhibition of root and shoot growth was 21 and 23 μM, respectively. These results suggest that (S)-2-benzoyloxy-3-phenyl-1-propanol may contribute to the growth inhibitory effect of cucumber plants and may play an important role in cucumber allelopathy. Thus, cucumber plants may be potentially useful for weed management in a field setting.
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