The Journal of antibiotics

Identification of 6-prenylindole as an antifungal metabolite of Streptomyces sp. TP-A0595 and synthesis and bioactivity of 6-substituted indoles.

T Sasaki, Y Igarashi, M Ogawa, T Furumai

Index: Sasaki, Tomomitsu; Igarashi, Yasuhiro; Ogawa, Mio; Furumai, Tamotsu Journal of Antibiotics, 2002 , vol. 55, # 11 p. 1009 - 1012

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Abstract

The biological control is an alternative measure to agrochemicals to control fungal pathogens in agricultural production. We recently reported the utilization of an actinomycete to the biological control in horticultural plant. Tissue-cultured seedlings of horticultural rhododendron suffer from significant damage caused by Pestalotiopsis sydowiana, a major pathogen of rhododendron, during the acclimatization. The inoculation of an endophytic ...