Cyclic peptides are reported to have antibacterial, antifungal and other bioactivities. Orbitides are a class of cyclic peptide that are small, head-to-tail cyclized, composed of proteinogenic amino acids, and lack disulfide bonds; they are also known in several genera of the plant family Rutacea...
This study utilized metabolomics to analyze the metabolites of four host plants (Camptotheca acuminata, Populus deltoides, Prunus serrulate, and Taxodium distichum) and one non-host plant (Camphora officinarum) of fall webworm Hyphantria cunea.