[Lethal effects of scopoletin and bisdemethoxycurcumin against Tetranychus cinnabarinus Boisd. (Acari: Tetranychidae): a simulation study]

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao. 2013 Jan;24(1):197-204.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

By using slide-dip bioassay method under laboratory condition, an investigation was made on the lethal effects of scopoletin, bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC), and their combination at an optimal mass ratio (7:6) of scopoletin to BDMC against the adult females of Tetranychus cinnabarinus Boisd. A time-dose mortality model (TDM) was established, which passed the Hosmer-Lemeshow test. The sensitivity of the adult females to the concentration change of the acaricides was in the sequence of scopoletin > optimal mass ratio of scopoletin to BDMC > BDMC. The peak mortality of the female adults was found at 32, 28 and 32 h after treated with BDMC, scopoletin, and their combination at the optimal mass ratio, respectively. The values of the LC50 and LC90 at 48 h after treated with BDMC, scopoletin, and their combination at the optimal mass ratio were 0.3324, 0.2035 and 0.2195 mg x mL(-1), and 2.1198, 0.9521 and 1.1617 mg x mL(-1), and the median lethal time (LT50) of BDMC, scopoletin, and their combination at the optimal mass ratio was 7.4, 6.0 and 6.1 h at the concentration 1.0 mg x mL(-1), and 6.4, 4.8 and 5.0 h at the concentration 2.0 mg x mL(-1), respectively. The acaricidal activity and time-dose response of the optimal combination of scopoletin and BDMC were closer to those of scopoletin, suggesting a synergistic acaricidal activity of the combination of scopoletin and BDMC, which was worthy to be developed for application.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acaricides / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Curcumin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Curcumin / isolation & purification
  • Curcumin / pharmacology
  • Diarylheptanoids
  • Drug Synergism
  • Female
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Scopoletin / isolation & purification
  • Scopoletin / pharmacology*
  • Tetranychidae / drug effects*

Substances

  • Acaricides
  • Diarylheptanoids
  • Plant Extracts
  • bisdemethoxycurcumin
  • Curcumin
  • Scopoletin