Isolation and insecticidal activity of sesquiterpenes alkaloids from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook f.
Isolation and insecticidal activity of sesquiterpenes alkaloids from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook f.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.11.029
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
Zhiqing Ma;Yangjun Li;Lipeng Wu;Xing Zhang
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作者:
Zhiqing Ma;Yangjun Li;Lipeng Wu;Xing Zhang
The isolation of compounds produced by secondary metabolism of plants can lead to the discovery of new insecticidal agents. In light of this possibility, we isolated seven sesquiterpenes alkaloids from an ethanolic extract ofTripterygium wilfordii(Celastraceae) root bark, an important Chinese medicinal species. These were identified as wilforjine, 1-desacetylwilforgine, wilforgine, 1-desacetylwilforine, wilforine, wilfortrine and peritassines A. To characterize their biological activities, bioassays were conducted using different insect pest species of medical and agricultural importance. Wilforgine, 1-desacetylwilforine, and wilforine showed strong antifeedant effects to 3rd instar larvae of bothMythimna separataWalker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (DC50= 17.68, 33.52 and 4.10 μg/ml, respectively) andPlutella xylostellaL. (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) (DC50= 54.62, 55.19 and 36.65 μg/ml, respectively) as well as knockdown activity in 3rd instar larvae of bothM. separata(EC50= 630.30, 212.17 and 100.89 μg/ml, respectively) andP. xylostella(EC50= 177.51, 336.59 and 97.77 μg/ml, respectively). Moreover, 1-desacetylwilforgine, wilforgine, 1-desacetylwilforine, and wilforine showed insecticidal activity to 3rd instar larvae ofCulex pipiens pallensCoquillett (Diptera: Culicidae) (LC50= 25.70, 25.40, 22.58 and 14.57 μg/ml, respectively) and adults ofMusca domesticaL. (Diptera: Muscidae) (LC50= 87.29, 70.19, 47.80 and 21.00 μg/ml, respectively). In general, wilforine was the most active sesquiterpene alkaloid isolated fromT. wilfordiiroot bark. This is also the first report of insecticidal activity of 1-desacetylwilforgine and 1-desacetylwilforine. The potential use ofT. wilfordiiderivatives in botanical insecticides is discussed.