Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) is world's worst weed. It is native to tropical
America and has rapidly spread in Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe. It can be controlled by …

Abietic and dehydroabietic acid are interesting diterpenes with a highly diverse repertoire of
associated bioactivities. They have, among others, shown antibacterial and antifungal …

Organic wood extractives—resin acids—significantly contribute to an increase in the toxicity
level of pulp and paper industry effluents. Entering open ecosystems, resin acids …

Dehydroabietic acid (DAA) is a naturally occurring diterpene resin acid of confers, such as
pinus species (P. densiflora, P. sylvestris) and grand fir (Abies grandis), and it induces …

In the paper, five quaternary ammonium salts derived from rosin were synthesized,
characterized and their antifungal activities against different molds were studied. Choline …

This study investigated the effects of mold susceptibility, total soluble sugar contents and
chemical components of wood fibers on mold resistance of wood-polypropylene composites …

Actinobactrial strains Rhodococcus erythropolis IEGM 267 and R. rhodochrous IEGM 107
were used to study biodegradation of dehydroabietic acid (DHA), a toxic tricyclic diterpenoid …

Gui Zhen Cao is an herbal formulation that has been documented in Chinese traditional
medicine as a remedy for diarrhea, dysentery, inflammation, and toxicity. The sources of this …

In an attempt to search for new natural products-based antifungal agents, a series of novel
dehydroabietic acid derivatives bearing a 1, 3, 4-thiadiazole-thiazolidinone moiety were …

The pine moth Dendrolimus pini effectively resists many insecticides, but it can be controlled
by the use of bioinsecticides such as entomopathogenic fungi. In the use of microbial agents …