An Insect Antifeedant Limonoid from Turraea nilotica

Michael D. Bentley, Geoffrey O. Adul, A. Randall Alford, Fu-Yung Huang, Leslie Gelbaum, Ahmed Hassanali
1995 Journal of natural products  
Assmm.-Nilotin 111, 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.
doi:10.1021/np50119a015 fatcat:s2cspqzlnvgx3ixdudajuu2xea