3β-O-Tigloylmelianol from Guarea kunthiana: A New Potential Agent to Control Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, a Cattle Tick of Veterinary Significance

Molecules

Carlos Henrique Miguita¹  Carolina da Silva Barbosa³  Lidilhone Hamerski¹  Ulana Chaves Sarmento¹  José Nicผio do Nascimento²  Walmir Silva Garcez¹  Fernanda Rodrigues Garcez¹ 

[1] Laboratório de Pesquisa de Produtos Naturais Bioativos, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79074-460 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil; E-Mails:;Laboratório de Insetos Frugíforos, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, 79804-970 Dourados, MS, Brazil; E-Mail:;Laboratório de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79200-000 Aquidauana, MS, Brazil; E-Mail:

关键词: tick control;    Guarea kunthiana;    protolimonoids;    Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus;    biopesticides;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules20010111

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Chemical investigation of Guarea kunthiana fruits, guided by their effect on the reproductive cycle of engorged females of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus—a major economic problem to the livestock industry worldwide—led to isolation of 3β-O-tigloylmelianol, a new protolimonoid, from the bioactive hexane phase obtained by partitioning the crude ethanol extract. An adult immersion test was performed. The compound strongly inhibited egg-laying and hatchability (99.2% effectiveness at a 0.01% concentration). Melianone, isolated from the same phase, yielded unremarkable results in the adult immersion test. From the dichloromethane phase, melianol, melianodiol, meliantriol, and a new protolimonoid, 3β-O-tigloylmeliantriol, were isolated, all of which, in the same manner as melianone, exhibited unremarkable results in the test. The structures of new and known compounds were mostly established by 1D- and 2D-NMR analyses and mass spectrometry data. This is the first report on the bioactivity of protolimonoids on the reproductive cycle of engorged females of R. (B.) microplus. 3β-O-Tigloylmelianol proved a promising candidate for the development of a biocontrol agent against the cattle tick investigated, as an alternative to environmentally hazardous synthetic acaricides.

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