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Tabacchi, Raffaele

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Tabacchi, Raffaele
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  • Publication
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    Components from Sri Lankan Piper betle L. leaf oil and their analogues showing toxicity against the housefly, Musca domestica
    (2007)
    Mohottalage, Susantha
    ;
    Tabacchi, Raffaele 
    ;
    Guerin, Patrick 
    The essential oil extracted from Piper betle L. leaf using pilot plant steam distillation was tested against the adult housefly, Musca domestica, for insecticidal activity. LC50 values at the end of 24 and 48 h exposure periods were 10.3 and 8.7 mg/dm(3), respectively. Ceylon citronella oil (Cymbopogon nardus) used as a standard showed LC(50)s of 26.5 and 24.2 mg/dm(3) for the same exposure periods. Bioassay-guided fractionation of P. betle leaf oil revealed safrole and eugenol as the active principles against M. domestica, safrole showing LC50 values of 4.8 and 4.7 mg/dm(3), and eugenol 7.3 and 6.2 mg/dm(3) for the 24 and 48 h exposure periods, respectively, while citronellal (synthetic standard) showed equal LC50 values of 14.3 mg/dm(3) for the same exposure periods. Using safrole as the starting compound, eight analogues were prepared to study structure-activity relationships. Among the eight analogues, dihydrosafrole gave almost equal mortality at LC50 4.7 mg/dm(3) as that of the parent compound safrole after 24 and 48 h exposure, but isosafrole was twice as active as safrole, showing LC50 values of 2.3 and 2.2 mg/dm(3) for the 24 and 48 h exposure periods. Our GC-MS studies on Sri Lankan P. betle leaf oil show that it contains safrole (52.7%), allyllpyrocatechol diacetate (15.4%), eugenol (6.4%) and eugenyl acetate (5.8%) as the major components. Here we also present the GC-MS profile of fractions of Sri Lankan P. betle leaf oil. Copyright (c) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  • Publication
    Accès libre
    Components from Sri Lankan Piper betle L. leaf oil and their analogues showing toxicity against the housefly, Musca domestica
    (2007)
    Mohottalage, Susantha
    ;
    Tabacchi, Raffaele 
    ;
    Guerin, Patrick 
    The essential oil extracted from Piper betle L. leaf using pilot plant steam distillation was tested against the adult housefly, Musca domestica, for insecticidal activity. LC50 values at the end of 24 and 48 h exposure periods were 10.3 and 8.7 mg/dm3, respectively. Ceylon citronella oil (Cymbopogon nardus) used as a standard showed LC50s of 26.5 and 24.2 mg/dm3 for the same exposure periods. Bioassay-guided fractionation of P. betle leaf oil revealed safrole and eugenol as the active principles against M. domestica, safrole showing LC50 values of 4.8 and 4.7 mg/dm3, and eugenol 7.3 and 6.2 mg/dm3 for the 24 and 48 h exposure periods, respectively, while citronellal (synthetic standard) showed equal LC50 values of 14.3 mg/dm3 for the same exposure periods. Using safrole as the starting compound, eight analogues were prepared to study structure–activity relationships. Among the eight analogues, dihydrosafrole gave almost equal mortality at LC50 4.7 mg/dm3 as that of the parent compound safrole after 24 and 48 h exposure, but isosafrole was twice as active as safrole, showing LC50 values of 2.3 and 2.2 mg/dm3 for the 24 and 48 h exposure periods. Our GC–MS studies on Sri Lankan P. betle leaf oil show that it contains safrole (52.7%), allylpyrocatechol diacetate (15.4%), eugenol (6.4%) and eugenyl acetate (5.8%) as the major components. Here we also present the GC–MS profile of fractions of Sri Lankan P. betle leaf oil.
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    (1S,3S,7R)-3-methyl-α-himachalene from the male sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) induces neurophysiological responses and attracts both males and females
    (2005)
    Spiegel, C.N.
    ;
    Jeanbourquin, Philippe 
    ;
    Guerin, Patrick 
    ;
    Hooper, A.M.
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    Claude, S.
    ;
    Tabacchi, Raffaele 
    ;
    Sano, S.
    ;
    Mori, K.
    Lutzomyia longipalpis adult males form leks on or near hosts and release (1S,3S,7R)-3-methyl-α-himachalene from their tergal glands to lure females to the same site for mating and feeding. Here we have examined whether the male-produced attractant could also serve as a male aggregation stimulus. High resolution chiral capillary gas chromatography analysis of male tergal gland extracts, synthetic (1S,3S,7R)-3-methyl-α-himachalene, and a synthetic mixture of all isomers of 3-methyl-α-himachalene, was coupled to electrophysiological recordings from ascoid sensillum receptor cells in antennae of male and female sandflies. Receptor cells of both sexes responded only to the main component of the male tergal gland extract that eluted at the same retention time as (1S,3S,7R)-3-methyl-α-himachalene. Furthermore, of the eight 3-methyl-α-himachalene isomers in the synthetic mixture only the fraction containing (1S,3S,7R)-3-methyl-α-himachalene, co-eluting with an isomer of (1S*,3S*,7S*)-3-methyl-α-himachalene, elicited an electrophysiological response from male and female ascoid sensillum receptor cells. Both males and females flew upwind in a wind tunnel towards a filter paper disk treated with either 4–6 male equivalents of the tergal gland extract, pure (1S,3S,7R)-3-methyl-α-himachalene or the synthetic mixture of eight isomers. This indicates that (1S,3S,7R)-3-methyl-α-himachalene derived from L. longipalpis males may have a dual function in causing male aggregation as well as serving as a sex pheromone for females.
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    The NCCR Plant Survival at the University of Neuchatel - The role of chemistry in an interdisciplinary Swiss research network
    (2003)
    Vogelgsang, Susanne
    ;
    Abou-Mansour, Eliane
    ;
    Guerin, Patrick 
    ;
    Hoballah, Maria Elena
    ;
    Turlings, Ted 
    ;
    Tabacchi, Raffaele 
    The survival of plants is of fundamental importance to guarantee the biodiversity in natural areas and a sustainable agriculture. The National Centre of Competence in Research 'Plant Survival in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems' devotes its research efforts to the understanding of mechanisms of plant survival. The mechanisms that plants employ to adapt to their biotic and abiotic environment and to cope with important stress factors are investigated. This is achieved by interdisciplinary interaction of disciplines within the NCCR. The particular role played by natural products and analytical chemistry in seven different projects is summarized.