Abstract

Fungal and viral diseases account for 70–80% of agricultural production losses caused by microbial diseases. Synthetic fungicides and antiviral agents have been used to treat plant diseases caused by plant pathogenic fungi and viruses, but their use has been criticized due to their adverse side effects. As alternative strategies, natural fungicides and antiviral agents have attracted many researchers’ interest in recent years. Herein, we designed and synthesized a series of novel polycarpine simplified analogues. Antiviral activity research against tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) revealed that most of the designed compounds have good antiviral activities. The virucidal activities of 4, 6d, 6f, 6h, and 8c are higher than that of polycarpine and similar to that of ningnanmycin. The structure simplified compound 8c was selected for further antiviral mechanism research which showed that compound 8c could inhibit the formation of 20S protein discs by acting on TMV coat protein. These compounds also displayed broad-spectrum fungicidal activities against 7 kinds of plant fungi. This work lays the foundation for the application of polycarpine simplified analogues in crop protection.

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