Table 3.
Name of Terpene | Plant | Activity | Reference |
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Momilactone A | Oryza sativa, Arabidopsis, alfalfa, lettuce, cress, timothy, barnyard grass, E. colonum, crabgrass | Momilactones are generally not toxic to rice plants but mainly inhibit germination and growth of other seeds, e.g., barnyard grass Enhances plants to outcompete other field crops by roots exudates serving as inhabitants, especially Momilactones A and B |
[120,140,141,142] |
Momilactone B | |||
Momilactone C | |||
Momilactone D | |||
Momilactone E | |||
Carvone, Betulin | Amaranthus retroflexu, Sinapis arvensis | Exhibits high inhibition against common weeds at a lower concentration | [143] |
Limonene and (+)-citronellal | Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana | Exhibits vigorous antimicrotubule activity in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana | [144] |
Lanast-7,9(11)-dien-3α, 15α-diol-3α-D-glucofuranoside | Oryza sativa | Growth inhibition | [145] |