An insect antifeedant limonoid from turraea nilotica

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1995Author
Bentley, Michael
Adul, Geoffrey O.
Alford, A. Randall
Huang, FU-Hung
Hassanali, Ahmed
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Nilotin [1] a new limonoid, has been isolated from the rootbark of Tuwaea nilotica and its structure established by spectroscopic methods. It displayed significant activity
as an antifeedant against larvae of the Colorado potato beetle, Lptinotarsa deremliwta