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fruits of the duranta erecta plant as pesticide

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:20 am
by jul8
HELLO!!!

I am having a hard time in searching the background of the duranta erecta plant and its fruits. It has small green leaves, blue beautiful flowers and its fruits are yellow. I hope you can help me in searching the background of the duranta erecta plant and its fruits.

Thanks.

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:14 pm
by deleted-2131
Try looking at the links given by:

http://www.answers.com/duranta%20erecta%20

I just submitted "duranta erecta" to the search engine and got several results.

chemical components of the fruits of duranta erecta

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:56 pm
by jul8
HELLO!!!

In the site that you gave me I found out that the fruits of duranta erecta is poisonous. But the chemical components of the fruits that makes it poisonous is not written there. I would like to ask help from you to find another site about the chemical components of the fruits of the duranta erecta plant.

Thanks in advance!

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:58 pm
by deleted-2131
The compounds that make duranta erecta posionous are called saponins. Try an internet search on saponins and you will find a wealth of information.