Novel polyesterified 3,4-seco-grayanane diterpenoids as antifeedants from Pieris formosa

Org Lett. 2010 May 21;12(10):2426-9. doi: 10.1021/ol1007982.

Abstract

Pieris formosa is a poisonous plant to livestock and is used as an insecticide in rural areas of China. Two novel polyesterified 3,4-seco-grayanane diterpenoids, pierisoids A and B (1 and 2), were isolated from its flowers and were identified by spectroscopic analysis and X-ray diffraction. Both compounds showed obvious antifeedant activity against cotton bollworm, indicating their toxic properties, suggesting a defensive role of polyesterified 3,4-seco-grayanane diterpenoids for P. formosa against herbivores.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes / toxicity*
  • Ericaceae / chemistry*
  • Flowers / chemistry
  • Insecticides / chemistry
  • Insecticides / isolation & purification
  • Insecticides / toxicity*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Moths / drug effects*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Insecticides
  • pierisoid A
  • pierisoid B