Natural products for pesticides discovery: structural diversity derivation and biological activities of naphthoquinones plumbagin and juglone

K Wang, B Wang, H Ma, Z Wang, Y Liu, Q Wang - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant diseases and insect pests seriously affect the yield and quality of crops and are difficult
to control. Natural products are an important source for the discovery of new pesticides. In …

Synthesis and pesticidal activities of new quinoxalines

XH Liu, W Yu, LJ Min, DE Wedge, CX Tan… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Natural products are a source of many novel compounds with biological activity for the
discovery of new pesticides and pharmaceuticals. Quinoxaline is a fused N-heterocycle in …

Luotonin A and its derivatives as novel antiviral and antiphytopathogenic fungus agents

Y Hao, K Wang, Z Wang, Y Liu, D Ma… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Plant diseases caused by viruses and fungi have posed a serious threat to global
agricultural production. The discovery of new leads based on natural products is an …

Application of sustainable natural resources in agriculture: Acaricidal and enzyme inhibitory activities of naphthoquinones and their analogs against Psoroptes …

XF Shang, YQ Liu, X Guo, XL Miao, C Chen… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
As important secondary plant metabolites, naphthoquinones exhibit a wide range of
biological activities. However, their potential as sustainable alternatives to synthetic …

Discovery of hyrtinadine A and its derivatives as novel antiviral and anti-phytopathogenic-fungus agents

J Dong, H Ma, B Wang, S Yang, Z Wang, Y Li, Y Liu… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plant diseases caused by viruses and fungi have a serious impact on the quality and yield of
crops, endangering food security. The use of new, green, and efficient pesticides is an …

Synthesis and biological activity of amide derivatives derived from natural product Waltherione F

H Fang, Z Chen, X Hua, W Liu, C Xue, Y Liu… - Medicinal Chemistry …, 2022 - Springer
Structural optimization based on natural products has become an effective way to develop
new fungicides, which provides important guiding significance for practicing the new …

Antifungal exploration of quinoline derivatives against phytopathogenic fungi inspired by quinine alkaloids

YJ Chen, KY Ma, SS Du, ZJ Zhang, TL Wu… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Enlightened from our previous work of structural simplification of quinine and innovative
application of natural products against phytopathogenic fungi, lead structure 2, 8-bis …

Synthesis and insect antifeedant activity of plumbagin derivatives

K Rajendra Prasad, K Suresh Babu… - Medicinal Chemistry …, 2012 - Springer
Napthaquinones have received considerable interest in agricultural chemistry because of a
novel action mode, extremely high activity against a broad spectrum of insects, low acute …

Design, synthesis, and antifungal evaluation of Luotonin a derivatives against phytopathogenic fungi

RX Wang, SS Du, JR Wang, QR Chu… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Crop diseases caused by fungi threaten food security and exacerbate the food crisis.
Inspired by the application of fungicide candidates from natural products in agrochemical …

Structural Simplification of Cryptolepine to Obtain Novel Antifungal Quinoline Derivatives against Phytopathogenic Fungi

HX Li, XF Luo, P Deng, SY Zhang, H Zhou… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A series of quinoline derivatives were designed and synthesized by the structural
simplification of cryptolepine and evaluated for their fungicidal activity against six …