Tephrosin is
rotenoid
Rotenoids are naturally occurring substances containing a cis-fused tetrahydrochromeno ,4-bhromene nucleus. Many have insecticidal activity, such as the prototypical member of the family, rotenone. Rotenoids are related to the isoflavones.
Natur ...
. It is a natural fish poison found in the leaves and seeds of ''
Tephrosia purpurea
''Tephrosia purpurea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, that has a pantropical distribution. It is a common wasteland weed. In many parts it is under cultivation as green manure crop. It is found throughout India and Sri ...
'' and ''
T. vogelii''.
[Production of rotenoids by heterotrophic and photomixotrophic cell cultures of tephrosia vogelii. Nadine Lambert, Marie-France Trouslot, Claudine Nef-Campa and Hervé Chrestin, Phytochemistry, Volume 34, Issue 6, December 1993, Pages 1515-1520, ]
See also
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Cubé resin
''Lonchocarpus'' is a plant genus in the legume family ( Fabaceae). The species are called lancepods due to their fruit resembling an ornate lance tip or a few beads on a string.
''Cubé'' resin is produced from the roots of '' L. urucu'' and n ...
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Pesticides
Phenol ethers
Acyloins
Tertiary alcohols
Rotenoids
Cyclic ethers
Heterocyclic compounds with 5 rings
Pyranochromenes
Methoxy compounds
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