Activity of drimane antifeedants and related compounds against aphids, and comparative biological effects and chemical reactivity of (-)- and (+)-polygodial

Asakawa, Y., Dawson, G. W., Griffiths, D. C., Lallemand, J. Y., Ley, S. V., Mori, K., Mudd, A., Pezechk-Leclaire, M., Pickett, J. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-3770, Watanabe, H., Woodcock, C. and Zhong-Ning, Z. 1988. Activity of drimane antifeedants and related compounds against aphids, and comparative biological effects and chemical reactivity of (-)- and (+)-polygodial. Journal of Chemical Ecology 14 (10) , pp. 1845-1855. 10.1007/BF01013481

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Abstract

A series of natural drimanes and related synthetic compounds was tested for antifeedant activity against aphids. Polygodial and warburganal were the most active. The synthetic compounds methyl 9α-hydroxydrimenoate and 9α-hydroxydrimenal, although active against lepidopteran larvae, were inactive against aphids. Natural (−)-polygodial and the synthetic (+) isomer showed similar levels of activity as aphid antifeedants and in phytotoxicity, fish toxicity, and human taste tests, but reacted at different rates with enantiomers of 1-phenylethylamine.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0098-0331
Date of Acceptance:	24 February 1988
Last Modified:	05 Feb 2026 15:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/184451

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