Xanthoxyllum setulosum

Okunade and Wiemer reported isolation of a potent ant-repellent compound, (-)-loliolide (Fig. 7) from Xanthoxyllum setulosum. The plant is one of the many native Costa Rican plants found to escape attack of the highly polyphagous leafcutter ants Atta cephalotes. Additional leafcutter ant repellent constituents have been isolated from Piper tuberculatum ... 

Fig. 7. Insect repellents isolated from Xanthoxyllum setulosum and Piper tuberculatum.

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