Back to Search Start Over

Allelopathic Potency and an Active Substance from Anredera cordifolia (Tenore) Steenis

Authors :
Ichsan Nurul Bari
Hisashi Kato-Noguchi
Arihiro Iwasaki
Kiyotake Suenaga
Source :
Plants, Vol 8, Iss 5, p 134 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2019.

Abstract

Anredera cordifolia (Tenore) Steenis is widely planted as an ornamental and medicinal plant in Indonesia. On the other hand, in some other countries this plant is classified as a noxious weed. As a harmful weed, A. cordifolia is reported to have the ability to smother all native vegetation, collapse canopies of tall trees, cultivate as a ground cover and disrupt native seedling development. There is no available information about the involvement of any allelochemicals from A. cordifolia related to these issues. The present study evaluated the allelopathic effect by isolating and identifying the allelopathic substance from A. cordifolia leaf extract. The allelopathic potency of A. cordifolia was determined by a series of bioassays of shoot and root growth on some selected test plants. Separation and purification of the active substances was achieved through several chromatography processes. Finally, the substances with allelopathic activity were identified through high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HRESIMS) analysis and determined by the specific rotation of compound, proton and carbon NMR spectroscopies. The results show that A. cordifolia possesses allelopathic properties which affect other plant species. The isolated compound from the plant material, 3-hydroxy-alpha-ionone, may contribute to the allelopathic effects of A. cordifolia.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22237747
Volume :
8
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Plants
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.273101427f19438096d9e9c54dc3ac55
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8050134