Army worm, African

Nakanishi. Potent army worm antifeedants from the Bast African Warburgia plants. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1013-1014. ... 

Xylomollin (41), a secoiridoid isolated from the bitter unripe fruit of Xylocarpus moluccensis (or more likely X. granatum) (Meliaceae), is an effective deterrent to feeding by the African army worm, Spodoptera exempta at the 100-ppm level in leaf disks and strongly inhibits respiration in rat liver mitochondria (Kubo and Nakanishi, 1977 Mabry and Gill, 1979 Nakanishi, 1977 Nakane et al., 1978). However, there is some doubt about the source of this compound reinvestigation failed to reveal the reported compounds (Jensen, 1991). 

Kubo I, Miura I, Pettei M J, Lee Y W, Pilkiewicz F, Nakanishi K 1977 Muzigadial and war-burganal, potsent antifungal, antiyeast, and African army worm antifeedant agents. Tetrahedron Lett 4553-4556... 

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