Activity of quinones from teak (Tectona grandis) on fungal cell wall stress

Planta Med. 2006 Aug;72(10):943-4. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-946676.

Abstract

Teak ( Tectona grandis L.f., Verbenaceae) sawdust extract inhibited the growth of Aspergillus niger. Centrifugal partition chromatography was used to isolate the active compounds. By (1)H-NMR the active compounds were identified as deoxylapachol and tectoquinone. Two A. niger transgenic strains which show induction of 1,3 -alpha-D-glucan synthase were used as a cell wall damage model. The result showed that deoxylapachol from T. grandis extract induced fungal cell wall stress.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Aspergillus niger / drug effects*
  • Aspergillus niger / genetics
  • Aspergillus niger / growth & development
  • Cell Wall / drug effects*
  • Chromatography
  • Lamiaceae / chemistry*
  • Naphthoquinones / isolation & purification
  • Naphthoquinones / pharmacology
  • Organisms, Genetically Modified / growth & development
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Quinones / isolation & purification
  • Quinones / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Naphthoquinones
  • Plant Extracts
  • Quinones
  • deoxylapachol