{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(7)"],"submitter":["Hering N"],"pubmed_abstract":["Allelopathy can provide sustainable alternatives to herbicides because it is based on specific signals rather than generic toxicity. We show that the allelopathic activity of Spearmint and Watermint is linked with their main compounds, (-)-carvone and (+)-menthofuran, both deriving from (-)-limonene. Germination of Poppy and Cress, and root growth of <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> are inhibited by very low concentrations of (-)-carvone, acting even through the gas phase. (+)-Menthofuran is active as well, but at lower efficacy. Using fluorescently tagged marker lines in tobacco BY-2 cells and <i>Arabidopsis</i> roots, we demonstrate a rapid degradation of microtubules and a remodeling of actin filaments in response to (-)-carvone and, to a milder extent, to (+)-menthofuran. This cytoskeletal "],"journal":["Horticulture research"],"pagination":["uhae151"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11237191"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Spearmint targets microtubules by (-)-carvone."],"pmcid":["PMC11237191"],"pubmed_authors":["Corbin LT","Nick P","Fauconnier ML","Hering N","Schmidt-Speicher L","Schmit AC","Ahrens R","Herzog E"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Spearmint targets microtubules by (-)-carvone.","description":"Allelopathy can provide sustainable alternatives to herbicides because it is based on specific signals rather than generic toxicity. We show that the allelopathic activity of Spearmint and Watermint is linked with their main compounds, (-)-carvone and (+)-menthofuran, both deriving from (-)-limonene. Germination of Poppy and Cress, and root growth of <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> are inhibited by very low concentrations of (-)-carvone, acting even through the gas phase. (+)-Menthofuran is active as well, but at lower efficacy. Using fluorescently tagged marker lines in tobacco BY-2 cells and <i>Arabidopsis</i> roots, we demonstrate a rapid degradation of microtubules and a remodeling of actin filaments in response to (-)-carvone and, to a milder extent, to (+)-menthofuran. This cytoskeletal ","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2025-04-19T01:05:17.358Z","creation":"2025-04-07T12:00:24.006Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11237191","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38994449"],"doi":["10.1093/hr/uhae151"]}}