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| Ribeiro,Stelamaris B.; Pagnocca,Fernando C.; Victor,Sandra R.; Bueno,Odair C.; Hebling,Maria J.; Bacci Jr,Mauricio; Silva,Osvaldo A.; Fernandes,João B.; Vieira,Paulo C.; Silva,Maria F. G. F.. |
| The symbiotic fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus (Möller) Singer (syn. Rozites gongylophora Möller) cultivated by the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens L. had its development strongly inhibited by crude extracts obtained from leaves of sesame, Sesamum indicum L. (Pedaliaceae). With most of the fractions from these extracts total inhibition was observed at 2.5 mg/ml, whereas inhibition of 50% was observed with some fractions at 1.25 mg/ml. Chromatographic analysis of the hexane extract showed that it was composed by a mixture of fatty acids, of which tetradecanoic, hexadecanoic, octadecanoic, icosanoic, docosanoic and 9,12,15 octadecatrienoic acids were the major components. The separation of these compounds during the different steps of purification resulted... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Insecta; Hymenoptera; Sesame; Mutualistic fungus; Leaf-cutting ants. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-80591998000300010 |
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