Meadowfoam ( Limnanthes alba) is an oilseed crop grown in western Oregon. The seed meal has potential value as a biopesticide due to glucosinolate degradation products and phytoecdysteroids, a group of polyhydroxylated triterpenoids with potent activities as arthropod molting hormones. Liquid
A new ecdysteroid glycoside, limnantheoside C (20-hydroxyecdysone 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-[-->3]-beta-D-xylopyranoside [1]), together with limnantheoside A (20-hydroxyecdysone 3-O-beta-D-xylopyranoside [2]) and 20-hydroxyecdysone (3) have been isolated by bioassay/RIA-directed HPLC analyses of a
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