Novel antifeedant and insecticidal compounds from avocado idioblast cell oil

C Rodriguez-Saona, JG Millar, DF Maynard…

Index: Rodriguez-Saona, Cesar; Millar, Jocelyn G.; Maynard, David F.; Trumble, John T. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1998 , vol. 24, # 5 p. 867 - 889

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Abstract

Abstract Several insecticidal compounds have been identified by bioassaydriven fractionation of avocado, Persea americana Mill, idioblast cell oil. A flash chromatography fraction of the oil showed substantial toxicity to early instars of the generalist insect herbivore, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner)(100% mortality after seven days). Following further fractionation, five biologically active compounds, 2-(pentadecyl) furan, 2-(heptadecyl) ...