A. Isogai, S. Sakuda, S. Matsumoto
May 1, 1984
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Agricultural and biological chemistry
Abstract
In the course of our screening search for insect growth regulators, we found that the mycelial extract of Streptomyces halstedii markedly showed insecticidal activity in an aseptic feeding assay with the commonarmy- worm,Leucania separata.l) In this paper we wish to make a preliminary report on the structural elucidation of the insecticidal prin-ciple named leucanicidin (1). vacuo, substance was