Anchulee Pengsook. Chemical constituents and insecticidal activity of the Rhizomes of Alpinia galanga and synthesis of Phenylpropanoids. Doctoral Degraee(Chemistry). Kasetsart University. Office of the University Library. : Kasetsart University, 2019.
Chemical constituents and insecticidal activity of the Rhizomes of Alpinia galanga and synthesis of Phenylpropanoids
Abstract:
Botanical insecticides are safer than the use of synthetic insecticides. The objective of this research aimed to study the insecticidal activity of Alpinia galanga rhizome extracts and their chemical constituents against the second instar larvae of Spodoptera litura and Spodoptera exigua using topical application. The rhizomes of A. galanga were extracted using sequential extraction with hexane, ethyl acetate and ethanol, respectively. For contact toxicity, the ethyl acetate extract was the most potent with LD50 values of 1.68 and 2.44 µg/larva against S. litura and S. exigua, respectively, after 24 h posttreatment. Eleven known phenylpropanoids were successfully isolated from A. galanga rhizome extracts and found that 1ʹS-1ʹacetoxychavicol acetate (1) was identified as a major component. Interestingly, 1ʹS1ʹ-acetoxychavicol acetate (1) and p-coumaryl diacetate (2) were found to be active ingredients for the control of both insects. Furthermore, two active compounds presented the impact on carboxylesterase and glutathione S-transferase and acetylcholinesterase that involved the trends of resistance of insects. The ethyl acetate extract and compound 1 also showed high anticancer activity against two tumor cell lines (MCF-7, and NCI-H187) and anti-mycobacterium tuberculosis (anti-TB) against H37Ra strain, whereas acetylcholinesterase inhibitory, antioxidant and antibacterial activities were not observed. Phenylpropanoids are secondary metabolites in a natural product consisting of C6-C3 carbon skeleton that illustrated a wide range of biological activities. In this research, thirty-two phenylpropanoids were synthesized and evaluated their insecticidal activity for searching novel eco-friendly insecticides. The synthesis of these compounds was achieved from commercially available benzaldehyde derivatives in three steps; Knoevenagel condensation into carboxylic acids, esterification into methyl esters and reduction of methyl esters into alcohols. However, all synthesized phenylpropanoids were less toxic against S. litura than compound 1 at a concentration of 2 µg/larva. Furthermore, evaluation on the other biological activities presented that adding substituent groups of thymyl, benzoyl or cinnamoyl on the structure of phenylpropanoids could enhance inhibitory activity against acetylcholinesterase.
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