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  2. Toxic and Repellent Effects of Volatile Phenylpropenes from Asarum heterotropoides on Lasioderma serricorne and Liposcelis bostrychophila

Toxic and Repellent Effects of Volatile Phenylpropenes from Asarum heterotropoides on Lasioderma serricorne and Liposcelis bostrychophila

  • Molecules. 2018 Aug 24;23(9):2131. doi: 10.3390/molecules23092131.
Yang Wang 1 Shanshan Guo 2 Juqin Cao 3 4 Xue Pang 5 Zhe Zhang 6 Zhenyang Chen 7 Yang Zhou 8 Zhufeng Geng 9 10 Yuli Sang 11 Shushan Du 12
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Affiliations

  • 1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China. wangyangjs@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
  • 2 Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China. guoshanshan@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
  • 3 Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China. juqincao@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
  • 4 Medical Chemistry Department, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Ningxia Medical University, No. 1160 Shengli Street, Yinchuan 750004, Ningxia, China. juqincao@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
  • 5 Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China. pangxue0924@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
  • 6 Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China. zhezhang@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
  • 7 Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China. sunnychen@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
  • 8 College of Pharmacy, Liaoning University, No. 66 Middle Chongshan Road, Shenyang 110036, Liaoning, China. swzyunying@163.com.
  • 9 Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China. gengzhufeng@bnu.edu.cn.
  • 10 Analytical and Testing Center, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China. gengzhufeng@bnu.edu.cn.
  • 11 College of Pharmacy, Liaoning University, No. 66 Middle Chongshan Road, Shenyang 110036, Liaoning, China. ylsang1973@163.com.
  • 12 Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing 100875, China. dushushan@bnu.edu.cn.
Abstract

Toxic and repellent effects of the essential oil from Asarum heterotropoides Fr. Schmidt var. mandshuricum (Maxim.) Kitag. were evaluated against Lasioderma serricorne and Liposcelis bostrychophila. The essential oils (EOs) from roots (ER) and leaves (EL) of A. heterotropoides were obtained separately by hydrodistillation and characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Major components of ER and EL included methyleugenol, safrole, and 3,5-dimethoxytoluene. Both ER and EL of A. heterotropoides showed certain toxicity and repellency against L. serricorne and L. bostrychophila. 3,5-Dimethoxytoluene, methyleugenol, and safrole were strongly toxic via fumigation to L. serricorne (LC50 = 4.99, 10.82, and 18.93 mg/L air, respectively). Safrole and 3,5-dimethoxytoluene possessed significant fumigant toxicity against L. bostrychophila (LC50 = 0.83 and 0.91 mg/L air, respectively). The three compounds all exhibited potent contact toxicity against the two insect species. Here, the EL of A. heterotropoides was confirmed to have certain toxicity and repellency against stored product insects, providing a novel idea for the comprehensive use of plant resources.

Keywords

Asarum heterotropoides; Lasioderma serricorne; Liposcelis bostrychophila; phenylpropenes; repellency; toxicity.

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