High Value-Added Application of Natural
Products in Crop Protection: Semisynthesis and Acaricidal Activity
of Limonoid-Type Derivatives and Investigation of Their Biocompatible
O/W Nanoemulsions as Agronanopesticide Candidates
posted on 2021-11-29, 16:34authored byXiaobo Huang, Min Lv, Qianjun Ma, Yuanyuan Zhang, Hui Xu
The
increasingly serious resistance
of Tetranychus cinnabarinus Boisduval
to a wide range of insecticides/acaricides poses a major challenge
to their control. The citrus processing industry generates a huge
quantity of various wastes that contain many limonoids. To effectively
utilize these byproducts and discover more potent green acaricidal
molecules as sustainable alternatives for traditional resistant pesticides,
various limonoid-type derivatives (halogenated/seven-membered lactam
derivatives of obacunone and halogenated/oxime esters/oxime ethers/seven-membered
lactam derivatives of limonin) were synthesized based on a diversity-oriented
synthetic strategy. The key steric configurations of 10 derivatives
were further confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Compound 9m, which displayed greater than 9.7-fold potent acaricidal activity
of limonin, was of preeminence. In addition, some interesting structure–activity relationships were observed. Moreover, a
biocompatible O/W nanoemulsion delivery system was used to prepare
the limonin-based agronanoacaricide, which exhibited
pronounced control efficiency against T. cinnabarinus Boisduval in the greenhouse. This systematic investigation will
provide valuable information and guidance for future value-added applications
of novel eco-friendly natural product-based nanopesticides.