Lotus pendunculatus

Nitropropanoyl esters of glucose from the roots of Lotus pendunculatus Cav. were determined by analysis of nitrate released on alkaline hydrolysis. This method was validated for quantitation of both total nitro compounds in ethanolic extracts and for individual components from TLC separations557. 

In the first work to implicate phytoalexins in feeding-deterrent activity of plants, Russell et al. [12.] found that 3R-(-)-vestitol and sativan from Lotus pendunculatus leaf extracts were major deterrents for Costelytra zealandica larvae. Furthermore pastures containing as little as 20% Lotus pendunculatus were relatively free of this insect pest. 

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