Cordia alliodora

Cordia alliodora root is used as a medicinal plant by natives living in the Peruvian Amazon forest. Cordia alliodora root has substances which have anti-microbial and anti-fungal properties.

Cordia alliodora root bark has a phenylpropanoid derivative characterized as 1-(3'-methoxypropanoyl)-2,4,5-trimethoxybenzene and a prenylated hydroquinone, 2-(2Z)-(3-hydroxy-3,7-dimethylocta-2, 6-dienyl)-1,4-benzenediol.  Both compounds have antifungal properties against the phytopathogenic mold Cladosporium cucumerinum. The phenylpropanoid derivative, whose structure is closely related to beta-asarone, also activity against larvae of the yellow-fever-transmitting mosquito Aedes aegypti.

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