C18 acetylenic fatty acids of Ximenia americana with potential pesticidal activity

Majekodunmi O. Fatope*, Oumar A. Adoum, Yoshio Takeda

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Abstract

Bioactivity-driven fractionation of the CHCl3 extract of the root of Ximenia americana, using the brine shrimp lethality test (BST) and hatchability test with Clavigralla tomentosicollis eggs, gave C18 acetylenic fatty acids 1 and 2.1 is octadeca-5-ynoic acid (tariric acid). 2 is a novel ene-ene-yne-ene acetylenic fatty acid (10Z, 14E, 16E-octadeca- 10,14,16-triene-12-ynoic acid). The structures of 1 and 2 were assigned from the MS and NMR data. Fractions that are rich in acetylenic fatty acids inhibited the hatching of C. tomentosicollis eggs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1872-1874
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Volume48
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2000

Keywords

  • Brine shrimp
  • C acetylenic fatty acids
  • Clavigralla
  • Hatchability
  • Olacaceae
  • Pesticidal
  • Ximenia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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