title: Insecticidal and antifungal activities of aminorhodanine derivatives.
abstract: Aminorhodanine (1) showed strong insecticidal activity against Culex pipiens pallens and Musca domestica, with respective LD50 values of 0.21 microgram/insect and 0.87 microgram/insect. Compound 1 had antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger ATCC-16404, Trichophyton mentagrophytes IFO-32412, Candida albicans ATCC-10231, Hansenula anomala OPS-308 and Penicillium expansum IFO-8800. In particular, 1 had potent antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger ATCC-16404, its minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) being 6.25 micrograms/ml. Both activities of 1 were much higher than those of rhodanine (4), suggesting that the introduction of an amino group into N-3 of 4 plays an important role in the biological activity of rhodanine-related compounds. On the other hand, N-acetylaminorhodanine (2) and N-benzoylaminorhodanine (3) did not show either activity, suggesting that the free amino group at N-3 of 1 is closely related to the inhibitory activity of rhodanine derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inamori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takegawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsujibo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakagami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kumeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Numata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003465:Culex / Q000187:drug effects; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D006793:Houseflies / Q000187:drug effects; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012236:Rhodanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D007306:Insecticides; D012236:Rhodanine