Mechanism of Rodenticidal Activity of Gliricidia sepium

Abstract

A study was made of the mechanism by which Gliricidia sepium (Yaite) exerts its rodenticidal properties. Extraction of the leaves of this plant, followed by physical and chemical fractionation, revealed the presence of coumarin as a constituent of the phenolic fraction. Consideration of the conditions under which these leaves are used as rodenticides, the known bacterial conversion of coumarin into the hemorrhagic agent dicoumerol, and pathological evidence in rats fed on incubated leaves point to coumarin as the basis for the rodenticidal properties of this plant.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0631002

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  • Harry Hochman

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