| Title: | Leaf surface sesquiterpene alcohols of the potato (Solanum tuberosum) and their influence on colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) feeding |
| Author(s): | Szafranek B; Chrapkowska K; Waligora D; Palavinskas R; Banach A; Szafranek J; |
| Address: | "Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952 Gdansk, Sobieskiego 18, Poland. beata.szafranek@univ.gda.pl" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0021-8561 (Print) 0021-8561 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The structures of two previously unknown sesquiterpene alcohols of the potato (Solanum tuberosum) were assigned. The potato alcohols were obtained by steam-distillation, preparative column chromatography, and separation into fractions by HPLC on a silica gel column. The fractions were studied by GC-FID, GC-MS, and NMR spectroscopy. The potato sesquiterpene alcohols were identified as kunzeaol (6-alpha-hydroxygermacra-1(10),4-diene) and ledol. These two compounds were used in feeding tests with larvae and beetles of the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say). In a bioassay, kunzeaol was found to act as a feeding attractant for the beetles" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Coleoptera/*physiology Eating/drug effects Pheromones Plant Leaves/*chemistry Sesquiterpenes/*analysis/chemistry/isolation & purification/pharmacology Solanum tuberosum/*chemistry;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineSzafranek, Beata Chrapkowska, Karolina Waligora, Danuta Palavinskas, Richard Banach, Arkadiusz Szafranek, Janusz eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2006/09/28 J Agric Food Chem. 2006 Oct 4; 54(20):7729-34. doi: 10.1021/jf0615653" |
