High Value-Added Application of Natural Plant Products in Crop Protection: Construction and Pesticidal Activities of Piperine-Type Ester Derivatives and Their Toxicology Study.

To discover new potential pesticide candidates, recently, structural modification of natural bioactive products has received much attention. In this work, a series of new piperine-type ester derivatives were regio- and stereoselectively synthesized based on a natural alkaloid piperine isolated from Piper nigrum. Their structures were characterized by IR, mp, 1H NMR (13C NMR), and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). Against Tetranychus cinnabarinus Boisduval (Acari: Tetranychidae), compounds 4e, 4f, 4u, and 4v displayed the most significant acaricidal activity with LC50 values of 0.155, 0.117, 0.177, and 0.164 mg/mL, respectively. Particularly, compound 4f showed >120-fold higher acaricidal activity than piperine (LC50: 14.198 mg/mL). Notably, the acaricidal activity of 4f was equivalent to that of the commercial acaricide spirodiclofen (LC50: 0.115 mg/mL). Additionally, against Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann (Hemiptera: Aphididae), compounds 4w and 4b' showed 1.8-fold aphicidal activity of piperine. Furthermore, via the scanning electron microscope (SEM) imaging method, the obvious destruction of the construction of the cuticle layer of 4f-treated T. cinnabarinus was observed. Compound 4f could be further studied as a lead acaricidal agent.

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