Quinolactacide, a new quinolone insecticide from Penicillium citrinum Thom F 1539.
By a screening program searching for new pesticides from fungal sources, an insecticidal compound was isolated from Penicillium citrinum F 1539. The compound, named quinolactacide, was novel and showed 88% mortality against green peach aphids (Myzus persicae) at 250 ppm. Its structure was determined by spectroscopic techniques.
Naruto Research Center, Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd., Naruto, Tokushima, Japan. mabe@otsukac.co.jp
Masaki
M
Abe
Tetsuya
T
Imai
Naoki
N
Ishii
Makio
M
Usui
Toru
T
Okuda
Toshikazu
T
Oki
D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids; D007306:Insecticides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010407:Penicillium / Q000737:chemistry*; D015363:Quinolones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*
D007306:Insecticides; D015363:Quinolones; C504852:quinolactacide