Cyperus iria

Non-cyclic sesquiterpenes include the volatiles a- and (3-farnesene (which have alarm pheromone activity) and pleasant odorants from Citrus sinsensis (orange) (Rutaceae), namely a- and [i-sinensal (mandarin peel odour) and nerolidol from orange flower oil (oil of neroli). The epoxide JH III is produced by Cyperus iria (Cyperaceae) and acts critically on insect development. 

To date, there has been only one report of the identification of an insect JH in a plant in 1988, JH III and MF were isolated from the sedges Cyperus iria L. and C. aromaticus (Ridley) Mattf and Kiik [155]. Although JH III has only been detected in these two plant species, structurally similar sesquiterpenoids have been isolated from the roots of C. iria and a number of related Cyperus species (Fig. (8)) [156-161]. For... 

In seeded paddy rice, fentrazamide mixture with propanil (Lecspro ) is used as an early post-emergence herbicide for controlling ECHSS, CYPDI, Cyperus iria, Fimbristylis mUiacea, Leptochloa chinensis and Sphenoclea zeylanica [35]. 

Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Hassk. C. difformis L. C. glomeratus L. C. iria L. Sha Cao (rhizome) Allelopathic essential oils, terpenes, alpha-cyperone, beta-selinene, alpha-humulene.60197 198 A vermifuge, antidote, remedy for dysentery, alleviate stress, sedative. 

Luffa faetida Sieb. et Zucc., L. aegyptiaca Mill, L. petola Ser., L. cylindrica Roem., Momordica cylindrica L. Cyperus difformis L., C. glomeratus L., C. iria L. 

Cyperus brevifolius, C. difformis, C. glomeratus, C. iria, Zingiber zerumbet... 

A. parviflora, Artemisia brachyloba, Cyperus brevifolius, C. dijformis, C. glomeratus, C. iria, C. rotundus, Elsholtzia argyi, E. cristata, E. splendens, E. feddei, E. souliei, Liquidambar acerifolia, L. formosana, L. maximowiczii, Rabdosia lasiocarpus... 

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