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      Antifeedant effects of the limonoids from Entandrophragma candolei (Meliaceae) on the gram pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

      Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
      Animals, Eating, drug effects, Insecticides, pharmacology, Larva, physiology, Lepidoptera, Limonins, Meliaceae, chemistry, Plant Bark

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          The biological activity of the limonoids prieurianin and epoxyprieurianin isolated from Entandrophragma candolei (Harms) (Meliaceae) and their respective acetates was assessed using the gram pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The compounds exhibited strong antifeedant activity in a diet choice bioassay with epoxyprieurianin acetate being most effective with 48.3 ppm deterring feeding by 50% (DI50) and prieurianin the least effective (DI50 = 91.4 ppm). The effect on growth of larvae was concomitant with the reduced feeding by neonate and third instar larvae. In nutritional assays, all the compounds reduced growth and consumption when fed to larvae without any effect on efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI), suggesting antifeedant activity alone. No toxicity was observed nor was there any significant affect on nutritional indices following topical application, further suggesting that prieurianin-type limonoids act specifically as feeding deterrents.

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          14640569
          10.1021/jf0304223

          Chemistry
          Animals,Eating,drug effects,Insecticides,pharmacology,Larva,physiology,Lepidoptera,Limonins,Meliaceae,chemistry,Plant Bark

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