Inoculation of lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) leaves with the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas cichorii induced the production of two antifungal sesquiterpenes, costunolide and a new compound named lettucenin A, whose structure has been elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic studies.
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