title: Antifeedants from Chinese medicinal herb, Erythrina variegata var. orientalis, against maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais.
abstract: The screening for insecticidal principles from several Chinese medicinal herbs showed that the stem bark of Erythrina variegata var. orientalis possessed significant feeding deterrence against maize weevils, Sitophilus zeamais. Bioassay-directed fractionation of the stem bark extract of E. variegata var. orientalis resulted in the isolation of two alkaloids, identified as erysopine and erysovine from their spectroscopic data. Erysopine and erysovine possessed antifeedant activity against S. zeamais adults with EC50 values of 108.5 and 89.7 ppm, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China. zhilongliu@cau.edu.cn
authors.forename: Zhi Long
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Sha Sha
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Guo Hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Shao Liang
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry*; D004895:Erythrina / Q000737:chemistry*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D048889:Weevils / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007306:Insecticides; C571548:erysopine; C571549:erysovine