금잔화, 들깨풀, 수국등 10종의 야생식물잎의 추출물이 담배나방(Heliothis assulta) 유충의 발육과 성충의 산란에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 그 결과 유충이 높았으며 대부분 1영과 2영 기간중 먹지않기 때문이다. 여기서 살아남은 유충들도 발육기간 및 탈피횟수는 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 이중 갈매나무와 때죽나무의 추출물은 성충의 산란도 상당히 억제하였다.

Several wild plant species are known to contain biologically active substances that are allelopathic to weed species as well as antioxidant to foods. Plant extracts or residues from leaves of 4 species, Achyranthes japonica (speedwell), Cucumis sativus (Cucumber), Trifolium repens (white clover), and Vicia angustifolia (narrowleaf vetch) were bioassayed against Medicago sativa (alfalfa) or Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass) to determine their allelopathic effects, and used for measurement of antioxidant activities. The aqueous extracts applied on filter paper significantly inhibited root growth of alfalfa. Aqueous extracts or residues from V. angustifolia showed the most inhibitory effect on alfalfa or barnyard grass seedling growth and followed by A. japonica and T. repens. Oxidative stability by Rancimat method, antioxidant activity by TBA (2-thiobarbituric acid) method and DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging activity for the ground samples or methanol extracts were the greatest in V. angustifolia, although were less than those of commonly used antioxidants, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) and ascorbic acid. These results suggest that the wild plant species had potent allelopathic and antioxidant activities, and that their activities differed depending on plant species.