title: Synthesis of biosynthetic inhibitors of the sex pheromone of Spodoptera littoralis. Part II: Acetylenic and cyclopropane fatty acids.
abstract: The synthesis of new acetylenic and cyclopropane fatty acids, as potential inhibitors of the beta-oxidation step in the proposed biosynthesis of the sex pheromone of the Egyptian armyworm Spodoptera littoralis, is reported. The biological activity of the compounds has been determined by in vitro and in vivo bioassays, and among all the compounds tested, dichlorocyclopropane acid has shown the highest inhibition activity displayed so far.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Organic Chemistry, CID (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Camps
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hospital
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guerrero
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009036:Moths; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D012724:Sex Attractants