Repellent and Feeding Deterrent Activities of Butanolides and Lignans Isolated fromCinnamomum camphoraagainstTribolium castaneum

Abstract

Three lignans (1–3) and three butanolides (4–6) were isolated from the lipophilic extract of the Cinnamomum camphora stem bark. The six compounds were identified as (-)-sesamin (1), 9α-hydroxysesamin (2), 9β-hydroxysesamin (3), obtusilactone A (4), isoobtusilactone A (IOA, 5), and isomahubanolide (6) from their spectroscopic data. Four (1, 2 and 5, 6) of them were evaluated for their repellent and feeding deterrent activities against Tribolium castaneum. In this work, the three butanolides (4–6) were confirmed to exist in C. camphora for the first time. Results of bioassays indicated that (-)-sesamin (1), IOA (5), and isomahubanolide (6) displayed certain repellent activities against T. castaneum at 78.63, 15.73, and 3.15 μg/cm2 at 2 h after exposure. Among the three compounds, (-)-sesamin (1) and IOA (5) exerted stronger effects and maintained longer duration of repellency. Furthermore, IOA (5) and isomahubanolide (6) showed good feeding deterrent activity against T. castaneum. IOA (5) was still potently active at low concentrations with the feeding deterrence index (FDI) ranging from 42.85% to 50.66% at 15–1500 ppm. This work provides some evidence for explaining antiinsect properties of the nonvolatile fraction of the C. camphora stem bark and helps promote the development and comprehensive utilization of this tree species.

LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY OF THE SYNTHESISED LIGNANS, NEOLIGNANS, AND COUMARIN AGAINST Crocidolimia binotalis 2nd INSTAR LARVAE

“…These compounds interact with the insect's endocrine system, which is involved in insect development (Harmatha & Dinan, 2003). Examples of lignans activities include an insecticidal activity of podophyllotoxin against 5 th instar larvae of Pieris rapae L. (Di et al, 2007) and the 3 rd instar larvae of Mythimna separata (Xu & Xiao, 2009); antifeedant activity of gomisin J against Tribolium castaneum adults (Guo et al, 2020); repellent and feeding deterrent activities of (-)-sesamin against T. castaneum adults (Wang et al, 2020); insecticidal activity of haedoxan A against 3 rd instar larvae of M. separata (Li et al, 2019), and insecticidal activity of phrymarolin B against 4 th instar larvae of M. separata (Xiao et al, 2013). Examples for neolignans include the growth inhibition activity of licarin A against neonate larvae of Spodoptera litura (González-Coloma et al, 1994) and insecticidal activity of honokiol against the 3 rd instar larvae of M. separata (Yang et al, 2015).…”