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Sforzín A, Lucia A, Alzogaray RA. Two Lactones Non-toxic to Humans Are Effective Repellents for the German Cockroach. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2024; 53:694-700. [PMID: 38478302 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01139-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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Lactones are cyclic esters of hydroxy carboxylic acids, present in several fruits and animals consumed by humans. There is evidence that some lactones modify insect behavior. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the repellent effect of four lactones (γ- and δ-nonalactone, and γ- and δ-dodecalactone) in first instar nymphs of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (Linnaeus). To assess repellency, a nymph was placed on a circle of filter paper, half of which had been treated with lactone dissolved in acetone and the other half with acetone alone. The behavior of the nymph was recorded and the time the nymph spent in each half of the paper was quantified using Ethovision XT 10.1 software. Values of Distribution Coefficient (DC) were calculated: DC = (Tt - TA) / Tt, where Tt is the experimental time and TA is the time the nymph spent in the area treated with the repellent agent. DC can vary between 0 and 1. Values significantly higher than 0.5 indicate repellency. N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) was used as a positive control. DEET, δ- and γ-nonalactone caused repellency as from 77.9 µg/cm2, whereas γ- and δ-dodecalactone had a repellent effect starting at 779.0 µg/cm2. The values of DC for these concentrations were 0.89 (DEET), 0.86 (γ-nonalactone), 0.87 (δ-nonalactone), 0.83 (γ-dodecalactone), and 0.72 (δ-dodecalactone). To our knowledge, this is the first report of repellency produced by lactones in the German cockroach. This work allowed to identify two lactones that have a repellent effect similar to DEET.
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- Analía Sforzín
- Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas (UNIDEF-CITEDEF-CONICET-CIPEIN), Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina. analia-s-@hotmail.com
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- Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable (INEDES), Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas (UNIDEF-CITEDEF-CONICET-CIPEIN), Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Escuela de Hábitat y Sostenibilidad (EHyS), Univ Nacional de San Martín, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Microbial Hydrolysis of Racemic β-Aryl-γ-ethylidene-γ-lactones and Antifeedant Activity of the Products against Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23071516. [PMID: 29937482 PMCID: PMC6099502 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23071516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hydrolysis of (±)-β-aryl-γ-ethylidene-γ-lactones by fungal strain Aspergillus ochraceus AM370 afforded (−)-(S)-γ-ethylidene-γ-lactones 2a–d and (+)-(R)-γ-ketoacids 3a–d. Enantiomeric purity of the unreacted lactones was strictly related to a size of an aryl substituent at C-4 of γ-lactone ring, with the highest ee (77%) obtained for the (−)-(S)-γ-ethylidene-γ-lactone possessing unsubstituted benzene ring (2a) and the lowest one (15%) determined for the (−)-(S)-γ-ethylidene-γ-lactone with bulky 1,3-benzodioxole system (2d). Lactones 2a–d, both racemic and enantiomerically enriched, as well as products of their hydrolysis showed varying degrees of feeding deterrent activity against lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer, which depended on the structure of the compound and the developmental stage of the lesser mealworm. In the case of adults, more active were γ-lactones 2a–d, compared with ketoacids 3a–d. Only in the case of lactone 2a was the effect of configuration of stereogenic center on the activity found. Particularly strong deterrents against this stage (T > 180) were racemic and (−)-(S)-γ-ethylidene-γ-lactone with p-methoxysubstituted phenyl ring (2c).
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Kimbaris AC, González-Coloma A, Andrés MF, Vidali VP, Polissiou MG, Santana-Méridas O. Biocidal Compounds from Mentha sp. Essential Oils and Their Structure-Activity Relationships. Chem Biodivers 2017; 14. [PMID: 27770481 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201600270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Essential oils from Greek Mentha species showed different chemical compositions for two populations of M. pulegium, characterized by piperitone and pulegone. Mentha spicata essential oil was characterized by endocyclic piperitenone epoxide, piperitone epoxide, and carvone. The bioactivities of these essential oils and their components have been tested against insect pests (Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Spodoptera littoralis and Myzus persicae), root-knot nematodes (Meloydogine javanica) and plants (Lactuca sativa, Lolium perenne, Solanum lycopersicum). The structure-activity relationships of these compounds have been studied including semi-synthetic endocyclic trans-carvone epoxide, exocyclic carvone epoxide, a new exocyclic piperitenone epoxide and trans-pulegone epoxide. Leptinotarsa decemlineata feeding was affected by piperitenone and piperitone epoxide. Spodoptera littoralis was affected by piperitone epoxide and pulegone. The strongest nematicidal agent was piperitenone epoxide, followed by piperitone epoxide, piperitenone and carvone. Germination of S. lycopersicum and L. perenne was significantly affected by piperitenone epoxide. This compound and carvone epoxide inhibited L. perenne root and leaf growth. Piperitenone epoxide also inhibited the root growth of S. lycopersicum. The presence of a C(1) epoxide resulted in strong antifeedant, nematicidal and phytotoxic compounds regardless of the C(4) substituent. New natural crop protectants could be developed through appropriate structural modifications in the p-menthane skeleton.
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- Athanasios C Kimbaris
- Laboratory of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Department of Agricultural Development Democritus, University of Thrace, 193, Pantazidou str, 68200, N. Orestiada, Greece
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- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, CSIC, Serrano 115, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Synthesis of Natural Products and Bioorganic Chemistry, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR "Demokritos", P.O. Box 60228, GR-153 10 Ag. Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Chemistry, Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855, Athens, Greece
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- R&D Dpt. Botanical Extracts, Kimitec, Santa Marta 13, Roquetas de Mar, Almeria, Spain
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Szczepanik M, Gliszczyńska A, Hnatejko M, Zawitowska B. Effects of halolactones with strong feeding-deterrent activity on the growth and development of larvae of the lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY 2016; 51:393-401. [PMID: 27471325 PMCID: PMC4947093 DOI: 10.1007/s13355-016-0411-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The effects of dietary applied of β-damascone and its synthetic derivatives γ- and δ-halolactones, which show strong antifeedant activity, on the growth and development of larvae of the lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), were studied. Bioassays were performed in a dose-dependent manner. In the bioassays, oat flakes treated with 1.0, 0.5, and 0.1 % (w/v) acetone solutions of the tested compound or acetone alone as control were served as food. The experiments were conducted using 2-week-old larvae with an average body weight of 4.35-4.88 mg. High correlations between antifeedant activity and larvicidal and growth-inhibitory effects were observed. Larvae reared on diets containing the compounds (at a concentration of 1 %) with high deterrent activity were characterized by a prolonged period of development, lower body weight gain, and strong tendency for cannibalism as a result of starvation. The control larvae ended their development after 24 days with a mean body weight of 22.9 mg. At the same developmental time, the mean body weights of larvae treated with the δ-halolactones γ-chloro- and γ-bromo-δ-lactone were only 60.3 % and 43.2 % of that of the control larvae. The larval periods for larvae on the diets containing γ-chloro- and γ-bromo-δ-lactone were 33 and 41 days, respectively. The larval developmental time and body weight gain were not significantly influenced by lower doses of the compounds, with the exception of γ-bromo-δ-lactone. This compound, when applied at a concentration of 0.5 %, significantly prolonged larval development as compared to the control larvae, and caused high mortality of larvae and pupae. The adult emergence percentage was 37.51 % when this treatment was applied, as compared to 90.0 % in the control. Thus, β-damascone derivatives with a lactone ring exhibit both dose-dependent behavioral effects and post-ingestion toxicity against A. diaperinus larvae, and may have the potential to control this pest.
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- Maryla Szczepanik
- />Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- />Department of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
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- />Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- />Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Gliszczyńska A, Gładkowski W, Dancewicz K, Gabryś B, Szczepanik M. Transformation of β-damascone to (+)-(S)-4-hydroxy-β-damascone by fungal strains and its evaluation as a potential insecticide against aphids Myzus persicae and lesser mealworm Alphitobius diaperinus Panzer. CATAL COMMUN 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2016.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Mazur M, Skrobiszewski A, Gładkowski W, Podkowik M, Bania J, Nawrot J, Klejdysz T, Wawrzeńczyk C. Lactones 46. Synthesis, antifeedant and antibacterial activity of γ-lactones with a p-methoxyphenyl substituent. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2016; 72:489-496. [PMID: 25809724 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lactones are well known for their biological activity. Grosheimin and repin are potent deterrents against storage pests. The unsaturated lactones have exhibited a wide spectrum of antibacterial activity. In our study we focused on the synthesis and evaluation of the biological activity of anisaldehyde derivatives containing lactone function. RESULTS Four new lactones were synthesized in one-step reductive dehalogenation or dehydrohalogenation reactions. These compounds, together with halolactones synthesized earlier, were tested for their antifeedant activity towards Sitophilus granaries, Trogoderma granarium and Tribolium confusum. The results of the tests showed that the highest activity, comparable with that of azadirachtin, towards all tested pests (total coefficient of deterrence 143.3-183.9) was observed for lactone with a vinyl substituent. The antibacterial activity of these compounds was also evaluated. The most potent lactone was active towards gram-positive bacteria strains. CONCLUSIONS The results of biological tests showed that halogen atom removal significantly increased the antifeedant properties of γ-lactones with a p-methoxyphenyl substituent. Unsaturated lactones are most promising in the context of their possible industrial application as crop protection agents. Further structural modifications of lactones with aromatic rings are needed to find important structural factors increasing the antibacterial activity.
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- Marcelina Mazur
- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Consumer Health Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Consumer Health Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Protection - National Reasearch Institute, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Protection - National Reasearch Institute, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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Boratyński F, Dancewicz K, Paprocka M, Gabryś B, Wawrzeńczyk C. Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Optically Active γ- and δ-Decalactones and Their Effect on Aphid Probing, Feeding and Settling Behavior. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146160. [PMID: 26741824 PMCID: PMC4704824 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The enantiomerically enriched γ- and δ-decalactones (4a and 4b) were prepared from corresponding racemic primary-secondary 1,4- and 1,5-diols (1a and 1b), as products of enzymatic oxidation catalyzed by different alcohol dehydrogenases. The results of biotransformations indicated that the oxidation processes catalyzed by alcohol dehydrogenase (HLADH), both isolated from horse liver and recombinant in Escherichia coli, were characterized by the highest degree of conversion with moderate enantioselectivity of the reaction. Useful, environmentally friendly extraction procedure of decalactones (4a and 4b) based on hydrodistillation using a Deryng apparatus was developed. Both racemic lactones (4a and 4b), as well as their enantiomerically enriched isomers, were tested for feeding deterrent activity against Myzus persicae. The effect of these compounds on probing, feeding and settling behavior of M. persicae was studied in vivo. The deterrent activity of decalactones (4a and 4b) against aphids depended on the size of the lactone ring and the enantiomeric purity of the compounds. δ-Decalactone (4b) appeared inactive against M. persicae while γ-decalactone (4a) restrained aphid probing at ingestional phase. Only (–)-(S)-γ-decalactone (4a) had strong and durable (i.e. lasting for at least 24 hours) limiting effect, expressed at phloem level.
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- Filip Boratyński
- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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Grudniewska A, Kłobucki M, Dancewicz K, Szczepanik M, Gabryś B, Wawrzeńczyk C. Synthesis and Antifeedant Activity of Racemic and Optically Active Hydroxy Lactones with the p-Menthane System. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131028. [PMID: 26132506 PMCID: PMC4488555 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Two racemic and two enantiomeric pairs of new δ-hydroxy-γ-lactones based on the p-menthane system were prepared from racemic and optically active cis- and trans-piperitols. The Johnson-Claisen rearrangement of the piperitols, epoxidation of the γδ-unsaturated esters, and acidic lactonization of the epoxy esters were described. The structures of the compounds were confirmed spectroscopically. The antifeedant activities of the hydroxy lactones and racemic piperitone were evaluated against three insect pests: lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer); Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say); and peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulz.). The chemical transformation of piperitone by the introduction of a lactone moiety and a hydroxy group changed its antifeedant properties. Behavioral bioassays showed that the feeding deterrent activity depended on the insect species and the structure of the compounds. All hydroxy lactones deterred the settling of M. persicae. Among chewing insects, the highest sensitivity showed A. diaperinus adults.
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- Aleksandra Grudniewska
- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
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SKROBISZEWSKI ANDRZEJ, GŁADKOWSKI WITOLD, WALCZAK PAULINA, GLISZCZYŃSKA ANNA, MACIEJEWSKA GABRIELA, KLEJDYSZ TOMASZ, NAWROT JAN, WAWRZEŃCZYK CZESŁAW. Synthesis of β-aryl-γ-lactones and relationship: Structure – antifeedant and antifungal activity. J CHEM SCI 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s12039-015-0823-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mazur M, Grudniewska A, Wawrzeńczyk C. Microbial transformations of halolactones with p-menthane system. J Biosci Bioeng 2014; 119:72-6. [PMID: 25027724 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2014.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Revised: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Biologically active piperitone-derived racemic iodo-, bromo- and chlorolactones (1-3) were transformed with the use of microbial enzymatic systems. Four strains of filamentous fungi Absidia glauca AM254, Absidia cylindrospora AM336, Mortierella vinaceae AM149 and Nigrospora oryzae AM8 transformed halolactones (1-3) to four new halohydroxylactones (4-7). In all biotransformations the hydroxy group was incorporated in inactivated methine carbon atom at isopropyl substituent. In N. oryzae AM8 culture the bromolactone with additional hydroxy group in α-position, relative to CO bond in γ-lactone ring, was also formed as a product. The structures of new compounds were established on the basis of spectral data.
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- Marcelina Mazur
- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland.
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland.
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Gliszczyńska A, Dancewicz K, Hnatejko M, Szczepanik M, Gabryś B. Synthesis of β-damascone derivatives with a lactone ring and their feeding deterrent activity against aphids and lesser mealworms. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra03939d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We report the chemical modification of β-damascone (1) into new lactone derivatives and their biological activity towards aphids and lesser mealworms.
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- A. Gliszczyńska
- Department of Chemistry
- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
- 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Biology and Ecology
- University of Zielona Góra
- 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland
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- Nicolaus Copernicus University
- Department of Invertebrate Zoology
- Toruń, Poland
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- Nicolaus Copernicus University
- Department of Invertebrate Zoology
- Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Biology and Ecology
- University of Zielona Góra
- 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland
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