Insecticidal activity of α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone against several insect pests

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 760-761

  Datta, Probal Kanti ^a   Kim, Chul Sa ^a   Hara, Tetsuro ^a   Itoh, Eiji ^a   Horiike, Michio ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frankliniella intonsa; Frankliniella occidentallis; Insecticidal activity; Thrips palmi; methylene butyrolactone (tulipalin A)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042784274     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.760     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Cavallito, C. J., and Haskell, T. H., a-Methylene-y-butyrolac-tone from Erythronium americanum. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 68, 2332-2334 (1946).
2. Beijersbergen, J. C., and Lemmers, C. B. G., Enzymatic liberation of a-methylene-y-butyrolactone from tuliposide A. Acta Bot. Neerl, 19, 114-114 (1970).
3. Tschesche, R., Kamere, F.-J., and Wulif, G., Uber die an-tibiotisch wirksamen Substanzen der Tulpe (Tulipa gesneriana). Tetrahedron Letters, 6, 701-706 (1968).
4. Mitchell, J. €., and Dupiis, D., Allergic contact dermatitis from sesquiterpenoids of the compositae family of plants. Br. J. Dermatol, 84, 139-150 (1971).
5. Schlewer, G., Stampf, J.-L., and Benezra, C., Synthesis of a-methylene-y-butyrolactones: A structure-activity relationship study of their allergenic power. J. Med. Chem., 23, 1038-1044 (1980).
6. lino, Y., Tanaka, A., and Yamashita, K., Plant growth inhibitory activities of synthetic a-methylene-y-butyrolactones. Agric. Biol. Chem., 36, 2505-2509 (1972).
7. Hartwell, J. L., and Abbott, B. J., Antineoplastic principles in plants: Recent developments in the field. Adv. Pharmacol. Chemother., 7, 117-209 (1969).
8. Hirano, €., Jinbo, Y., Yasumi, K., and Horiike, M., Thrips palmi: Indiscriminative invasion into green-houses with host and non-host plants. Proc. Assoc. Plant Prot. Shikoku (in apanese), 25, 53-55 (1990).
9. Hirano, C., Jinbo, Y., Itoh, E., Yasumi, K., and Horiike, M., Oviposition of Thrips palmi Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) onto tomato leaves. Proc. Assoc. Plant Prot. Shikoku (in Japanese), 26, 81-83 (1991).
10. Hirano, €., Itoh, E., Yasumi, K., and Horiike, M., Short-distance walking responses of Thrips palmi Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Appl. Ent. Zool., 28, 233-234 (1993).
11. Yasumi, K., Syoumae, Y., Horiike, M., and Hirano, C., Survival of Thrips palmi Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on leaves of egg-plant, cucumber, and tomato. Assoc. Plant Prot. Shikoku (in Japanese), 26, 77-79 (1991).
12. Yasumi, K., Shinohara, H., Horiike, M., and Hirano, C., Effect of tomato leaf constituents on survival of Thrips palmi Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Jpn. J. Appl. Ent. Zool. (in Japanese), 35, 311-316 (1991).
13. Hirano, €., Yasumi, K., Itoh, E., Kim, C.-S., and Horiike, M., A feeding deterrent for Thrips palmi Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) found in tomato leaves: Isolation and identification. Jpn. J. Appl. Ent. Zool. (in Japanese), 38, 109-120 (1994).
14. Kim, C.-S., Hara, T., Datta, P. K., Itoh, E., and Horiike, M., Insecticidal Component in Thunberg Spiraea, Spiraea thunber-gii, against Thrips palmi. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 62, 1546-1549 (1998).
15. Fukuda, H., Kawana, T., Kubota, A., and Hayase, T., Occurrence and its chemical control of western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentallis Pergande. Proceedings of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society (in Japanese), 38, 231-233 (1991).
16. Tatara, A., and Suzuki, M., Effective insecticides to the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentallis (Pergande). Proceedings of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society (in Japanese), 40, 315-316 (1993).
17. Morishita, M., Toxicity and synergism of some insecticides against larvae of Thrips palmi Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Jpn. J. Appl. Ent. Zool. (in Japanese), 37, 153-157 (1993).
18. Rosowsky, A., Papathanasopoulos, N., Lazarus, H., Foley, G. E., and Modest, E. J., Cysteine scavengers. 2. Synthetic a-methylenebutyrolactones as potential tumor inhibitors. J. Med. Chem., 17, 672-682 (1974).
19. Pieman, A. K., Elliott, R. H., and Towers, G. H. N., Cardiac-inhibiting properties of the sesquiterpene lactone, parthenin, in the migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes. Can. J. Zool., 59, 285-292 (1984)