Toxicity and Fate of Acetylchromenes in Pest Insects
Toxicity and Fate of Acetylchromenes in Pest Insects
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乙酰色烯对害虫的毒性和归宿
DOI:
10.1021/bk-1989-0387.ch004
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发表时间:
1989
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M. Isman
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作者:
M. Isman
Acetylchromenes (benzopyrans), major natural constituents of the desert sunflowerEncelia, are toxic to a wide range of insects via residue contact. Bioassayed on glass surfaces, the predominant compound, encecalin, has LC50s of 1.4 and 11.8 µg/cm2against the variegated cutworm (Noctuidae), and the migratory grasshopper (Acrididae), respectively. Structure-activity relations indicate that chromene derivatives possessing free hydroxyl groups or saturated heterocycles are significantly less toxic than encecalin. Acetylchromenes applied topically to adult grasshoppers are rapidly absorbed from the cuticle, and both metabolites and parent chromenes appear in the excreta within two hours of application. However, only 20-40% of the applied dose is excreted, and the remainder cannot be recovered by extraction of the insect. Simple metabolites result from oxidation of the geminal methyl groups or reduction of the ketone. Subsequent bioassays of these metabolites, either by residue contact or topical application, indicate that they are significantly less toxic than their parent acetylchromenes. Benzofurans, closely related constituents ofEnceliaand other desert plants, are non-toxic to insects. However, benzofurans antagonize the toxicity of encecalin in three species of insects tested to date. The benzofuran euparin did not interfere with the antihormonal action of precocene III in the milkweed bug. Encecalin exhibits substantial antifeedant activity against several species of noctuid caterpillars.