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Indagini preliminari sulle potenzialità produttive del piretro (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium L.) in ambiente mediterraneo.

2011

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF CHRYSANTHEMUM CINERARIAEFOLIUM L.

2011

The interest in sustainable agriculture has increased the demand of plant-derived compounds which can be less toxic both to mammals and to the environment than the synthetic agrochemicals. Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium L. (Asteraceae), commonly termed pyrethrum, is an economically important crop from highlands of tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is grown for the extraction of pyrethrins, natural insect repellents of plant origin. Pyrethrins are a mixture of six compounds produced by esterification of two acids (chrysanthemic and pyrethric acid) with three mono-terpene-alcohols (pyrethrolone-5, jasmolone-3 and cinerolone-4). The principale source of pyrethrins are the dried…