Insecticidal, Mutagenic and Genotoxic Evaluation of Annonaceous Acetogenins

Annonaceous acetogenins represent a class of bioactive compounds whose primary mode of action is the inhibition of NADHubiquinone oxidoreductase (Mitochondrial Complex I). Given the potential pesticidal use of these compounds, we evaluated the effects of seven acetogenins: squamocin (1), molvizarin...

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Autores: Álvarez Colom, Olga, Salvatore, Silvana Analia, Willink, Eduardo, Ordóñez, Roxana Mabel, Isla, Maria Ines, Neske, Adriana Neske, Bardon, Alicia del Valle
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/52529
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/52529
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ceratitis Capitata
Plant Metabolites
Salmonella Typhimurium
Allium Cepa
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Sumario:Annonaceous acetogenins represent a class of bioactive compounds whose primary mode of action is the inhibition of NADHubiquinone oxidoreductase (Mitochondrial Complex I). Given the potential pesticidal use of these compounds, we evaluated the effects of seven acetogenins: squamocin (1), molvizarin (2), itrabin (3), almuñequin (4), cherimolin-1 (5), cherimolin-2 (6), and tucumanin (7) isolated from Annona cherimolia Mill. against Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Tephritidae). These acetogenins did not display insecticidal action at 250 µg of treatment per g of adult diet. However, the oviposition capacity of C. capitata females was significantly altered by some of the acetogenins at this concentration. The most potent compounds were itrabin, molvizarin and squamocin. Moreover, significant differences were detected in the preference of oviposition sites when itrabin and squamocin were spread on the surface of artificial fruits at doses of 30 µg/cm2 . Additionally, we investigated the mutagenic effects displayed by itrabin, as well as the phytotoxic and genotoxic action of squamocin and itrabin. Both compounds displayed slight phytotoxic and genotoxic effects on roots of Allium cepa at 2.5 µg/mL though no mutagenic effects were detected at 0.25, 0.5 and 2.5 µg/mL on Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100.