Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis and Biological Assessment of -Coumarate Fatty Esters: New Antifungal Agents for Potential Plant Protection.

One trend in agriculture is the replacement of classical pesticides with more ecofriendly solutions, such as elicitation, which is a promising approach consisting of stimulating the natural immune system of a plant to improve its resistance to pathogens. In this fashion, a library of -coumaric-based compounds were synthesized in accordance with as many principles of green chemistry as possible. Then, these molecules were tested for (1) the direct inhibition of mycelium growth of two pathogens, and , and (2) plasma membrane destabilization in Arabidopsis and rapeseed.