Neopierisoids A and B, two new chlorinated 3,4-seco-grayanane diterpenoids with antifeedant activity from flowers of Pieris japonica

J Agric Food Chem. 2013 Jul 31;61(30):7219-24. doi: 10.1021/jf401921x. Epub 2013 Jul 18.

Abstract

Two new chlorinated multiacylated 3,4-seco-grayanane diterpenoids, neopierisoids A and B (1 and 2), were isolated from flowers of the poisonous plant Pieris japonica and were identified from spectroscopic analysis and X-ray diffraction data. Both compounds showed obvious antifeedant activity against Pieris brassicae with an EC50 of 10.07 μg/cm(2) for 1 and 5.33 μg/cm(2) for 2, indications of toxic properties. Chlorinated 3,4-seco-grayanane diterpenoids in P. japonica may play a defensive role against herbivores.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Butterflies / drug effects
  • Butterflies / physiology
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Ericaceae / chemistry*
  • Feeding Behavior / drug effects
  • Flowers / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Plant Extracts