Insect antifeedant activity of clerodane diterpenoids

J Nat Prod. 1994 Sep;57(9):1262-5. doi: 10.1021/np50111a012.

Abstract

Fourteen clerodane-type diterpenoids isolated from plants in the genera Baccharis, Teucrium, and Salvia were assayed for antifeedant activity against Tenebrio molitor larvae in order to establish structure-activity relationships. Among the compounds tested, furanoditerpenes with alpha, beta-unsaturated-gamma-lactone moieties, or C-4-epoxy substitution with C-5-methylacetoxy or C-12-acyloxy functionalities, exhibited maximal antifeedant and repellent activities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Feeding Behavior / drug effects*
  • Insect Repellents
  • Larva
  • Plants / chemistry*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tenebrio / drug effects*

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Insect Repellents