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Insect antifeedant activity of clerodane diterpenoids
M E Sosa1, C E Tonn, O S Giordano
1Departamento de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina.
Journal of Natural Products
|September 1, 1994
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.