作者:Keisuke Nishikawa、Hiroshi Fukuda、Masato Abe、Kazunari Nakanishi、Tomoya Taniguchi、Takashi Nomura、Chihiro Yamaguchi、Syuntaro Hiradate、Yoshiharu Fujii、Katsuhiro Okuda、Mitsuru Shindo
DOI:10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.08.013
日期:2013.12
1-O-cis-Cinnamoyl-beta-D-glucopyranose is one of the most potent allelochemicals that has been isolated from Spiraea thunbergii Sieb by Hiradate et al. It derives its strong inhibitory activity from cis-cinnamic acid (cis-CA), which is crucial for phytotoxicity. By preparing and assaying a series of cis-CA analogues, it was previously found that the key features of cis-CA for lettuce root growth inhibition are a phenyl ring, cis-configuration of the alkene moiety, and carboxylic acid. On the basis of a structure-activity relationship study, the substituent effects on the aromatic ring of cis-CA were examined by systematic synthesis and the lettuce root growth inhibition assay of a series of cis-CA analogues having substituents on the aromatic ring. While ortho- and para-substituted analogues exhibited low potency in most cases, meta-substitution was not critical for potency, and analogues having a hydrophobic and sterically small substituent were more likely to be potent. Finally, several cis-CA analogues were found to be more potent root growth inhibitors than cis-CA. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.