Jaspamide insecticidal activity

Jaspamide (17), previously mentioned in Section 17.3, is a modified peptide isolated from a Jaspis sponge. Jaspamide shows insecticidal activity against Heliothis virescens with an LCS0 of 4 ppm, as compared to 1 ppm for azadirachtin. Jaspamide (17), showed more than 72% mortality at 100 ppm to both southern com rootworm and tobacco budworm. Iso-domoic acids A (40), B, and C are novel amino acids from the red alga Chondria armata. They... 

Preparation of a mimetic of the cyclic peptide jaspamide was reported in 1988. 87 Compound 41 (Scheme 17) was designed to mimic the type-II (1-turn of the peptide, which contained the proposed pharmacophoric phenol and 2-bromoindole functional groups. This analogue displayed interesting insecticidal activity against the tobacco budworm, Heliothis vireseins. 

From sponges of the genus Jaspis collected at Fiji (300,301), Palau (300), and Papua New Guinea (302), jaspamide (jasplakinolide, 372) was isolated the compound shows potent insecticidal, antifungal, anthelminthic, and ichthyotoxic activity. The structure was determined by X-ray analysis (300). The solution conformation of372 was reported using NMR, molecular mechanics, and dynamics calculations (303). A complexation study was carried out with 372 and the univalent metal ions Li ", Na+, and K+. Li+ binding was observed, and the complex was characterized by NMR and molecular mechanics calculations (304). Jaspamide (372) has potent in... 

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