Toxicants from mangrove plants, VI. Heritonin, a new piscicide from th mangrove plant Heritiera littoralis
- J Nat Prod. 1989 Jul-Aug;52(4):896-8. doi: 10.1021/np50064a045.
Affiliations
- 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816.
PMID: 2809613
DOI: 10.1021/np50064a045
Abstract
The mangrove plant Heritiera littoralis has been utilized by natives of the Philippines as a fish poison. The petroleum ether extract of this plant has shown toxicity to fish (Tilapia nilotica). A new piscicide, which was assigned the name heritonin [1], has been identified as one of the compounds with ichthyotoxicity. The structure was elucidated by spectroscopic methods.