Leptospermone
Application Notes
Leptospermone is a β-triketone originally isolated from Leptospermum sp. in the 1920s. Leptospermone is a plant growth regulator and herbicide. Leptospermone is a reversible inhibitor of P-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD). Leptospermone is active against common food-borne bacteria and the anaerobes, C. difficile and C. perfringens.
References
- Leptospermones. Part I. Briggs L.H. et al. J. Chem. Soc. 1938, 1193.
- Bioactive acylphloroglucinol derivatives from Eucaluptus species. Ghisalberti E. Phytochem. 1996, 41, 7.
- p-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase is a herbicidal target site for β-triketones from Leptospermum scoparium. Dayan F.E. et al. Phytochem. 2007, 68, 2004.



