Abstract
Twenty podophyllotoxin analogues were first tested for their insecticidal activity against the fifth-instar larvae of Brontispa longissima in vivo. Among them, compounds 6– 9 and 19 showed more promising and pronounced insecticidal activity than toosendanin, a commercial insecticide derived from Melia azedarach. The different insecticidal activity ranges of compounds 1– 20 indicated that variation of chemical structures in the podophyllotoxin skeleton markedly affected the activity profiles of this compound class, and some important SAR information has been revealed from it. The results obtained from SAR analysis show good correlation with the docking models as well as with QSAR studies, which allows for the rational design of more potent podophyllotoxin derivatives in the development of potential new insecticides.
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