prehelminthosporol

Prehelminthosporol is a phytotoxin, it may play an important role in pathogenesis by killing or weakening plant cells in advance of the growing hyphae and facilitating nutrient uptake and further growth of the fungus in plant tissue.

Dihydroprehelminthosporol is a strongly phytotoxic metabolite, it exhibits cytotoxicity towards two human cancer cell lines, A549 and SK-OA-3.

Prehelminthosporolactone is a phytotoxin.