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Larvicidal and Structure-Activity Studies of Natural Phenylpropanoids and Their Semisynthetic Derivatives against the Tobacco Armyworm Spodoptera litura (FAB.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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Title Larvicidal and Structure-Activity Studies of Natural Phenylpropanoids and Their Semisynthetic Derivatives against the Tobacco Armyworm Spodoptera litura (FAB.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
 
Creator Bhardwaj , A
Tewary, D K
Kumar, R
Kumar, Vinod
Sinha , Arun K
Shanker, Adarsh
 
Subject Natural Product Chemistry
 
Description The larvicidal activity of 18 phenylpropanoids, 1-18, including phenylpropenoate, phenylpropenal, phenylpropene, and their semisynthetic analogues, were evaluated against the tobacco armyworm, Spodoptera litura (FAB.), to identify promising structures with insecticidal activity. Amongst various phenylpropanoids, isosafrole, a phenylpropene, showed the best activity, with an LC(50) value of 0.6 mu g/leaf cm(2), followed by its hydrogenated derivative dihydrosafrole (LC(50)=2.7 mu g/leaf cm(2)). The overall larvicidal activity of various phenylpropene derivatives was observed in the following order: isosafrole (6) > dihydrosafrole (16) > safrole (12) > anethole (4) > methyl eugenol (11) > eugenol (13) >beta-asarone (8)> dihydroasarone (18) > dihydroanethole (15). Dihydrosafrole might be a promising compound, although presenting a lower larvicidal activity than isosafrole, because of its better stability and resistance to oxidative degradation (due to the removal of the extremely reactive olefinic bond) in comparison to isosafrole. Such structure-activity relationship studies promote the identification of lead structures from natural sources for the development of larvicidal products against S. litura and related insect pests.
 
Publisher Wiley-V C H Verlag GmbH, Po Box 10 11 61, D-69451 Weinheim, Germany
 
Date 2010
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ihbt.csircentral.net/265/1/402_2010_Larvicidal.pdf
Bhardwaj , A and Tewary, D K and Kumar, R and Kumar, Vinod and Sinha , Arun K and Shanker, Adarsh (2010) Larvicidal and Structure-Activity Studies of Natural Phenylpropanoids and Their Semisynthetic Derivatives against the Tobacco Armyworm Spodoptera litura (FAB.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Chemistry and Biodiversity, 7 (1). pp. 168-177. ISSN 1612-1872
 
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