Preparation and biological assessment of hydroxycinnamic acid amides of polyamines

S Fixon-Owoo, F Levasseur, K Williams, TN Sabado…

Index: Fixon-Owoo, Solomon; Levasseur, Frederic; Williams, Keith; Sabado, Thomas N.; Lowe, Mike; Klose, Markus; Mercier, A. Joffre; Fields, Paul; Atkinson, Jeffrey Phytochemistry, 2003 , vol. 63, # 3 p. 315 - 334

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Abstract

Many plants contain hydroxycinnamic acid conjugates of polyamines that are remarkably similar in general structure to the acylated polyamines found in spider and wasp toxins. In an effort to determine whether these compounds might play a role in the chemical defense of plants against arthropod pests we synthesized a variety of analogues of the coumaric (4- hydroxycinnamic) acid conjugates of di-, tri-, and tetraamines using common protection ...