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Experientia
; 35(9): 1182-3, 1979 Sep 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-573698
ABSTRACT
A search for insect growth inhibitors in methanol extracts of soybean leaves resulted in isolation of pinitol. Pinitol caused a 50% reduction in weight gain (ED50) of Heliothis zea larvae at about 0.7% when added to a synthetic diet. Although myo-inositol is a normal component of the insect diet, it also caused growth inhibition at higher concentrations; ED50 4%.