A suite of commercially available volatile compounds was tested in an olfactometer bioassay for responses by the crucifer flea beetle (Phyllotreta cruciferae). Flea beetles were inhibited by exposure to hexane, pentane, and ethanol. Allyl-isothiocyanate, a crucifer-specific volatile, was moderately attractive to spring and early fall flea beetles, but inhibitory to late fall flea beetles. Sprin...

This study evaluated the antimicrobial, antioxidant and toxicity activity of essential oils (EOs) Hymenaea courbaril L. var. bark Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels leaves. The EOs were extracted by hydrodistillation chemically characterized gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC/MS). ABTS DPPH assay used evaluate activity. For assay, lethality was against Artemia salina Leach. antimicrob...

The aerial parts of Pituranthos tortuosus (Desf.) Benth and Hook (Apiaceae), growing wild in Egypt, yielded 0.8%, 0.6%, and 1.5% (v/w) of essential oil when prepared by hydrodistillation (HD), simultaneous hydrodistillation-solvent (n-pentane) extraction (Lickens-Nickerson, DE), and conventional volatile solvent extraction (preparation of the "absolute", SE), respectively. GC-MS analysis showed...

Reaction of the doubly-bridged biscyclopentadienes (C5H4(EMe2))(C5H4(SiMe2)) (E = Si(1a), or C(1b)) with Re2(CO)10 in refluxing mesitylene gave the corresponding dirhenium carbonyl complexes [(η(5)-C5H3)2(EMe2)(SiMe2)][Re(CO)3]2 (trans-2a,b and cis-2a,b), and the desilylated products [(η(5)-C5H4)2(EMe2)][Re(CO)3]2 (3a,b). Photolysis of trans-2a,b with a series of aryl halides in benzene results...

The Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) is an important quarantine pest around the globe. Although measures for its control are implemented worldwide through IPM and male annihilation, there is little effect on their population. Hence, there is a need for new strategies to control this minacious pest. A strategy that has received negligible attention is the induction of 'natural pl...

background pycnocycla spinosa decne. ex boiss is an aromatic plant which showed relaxant effects on isolated ileum contractions and antidiarrheal activity. thirty four components have been extracted from p. spinosa essential oil, of which several major constituents were found to show seasonal variation. objectives the aim of this work is to evaluate the diurnal variation of its oil constituents...

The emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), is an exotic woodborer first detected in 2002 in Michigan and Ontario and is threatening the ash resource in North America. We examined the effects of light exposure and girdling on green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh) volatile production, and effects of light exposure, girdling, and leaf age on emerald ash bore...

The frustrated Lewis pair B(C(6)F(5))(3)/P(o-tolyl)(3) (4a) reacts with 4,6-decadiyne to give the trans-1,2-addition product 5. In contrast, the B(C(6)F(5))(3)/P(t)Bu(3) FLP (4b) reacts with this substrate to give the trans-1,4-adduct trans-6. The cumulene trans-6 undergoes trans-/cis-isomerization upon photolysis to give a ca. 1:1 trans-6/cis-6 mixture. The FLP 4b reacts with 2,6-hexadiyne at ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are tobacco carcinogens implicated in the causation of human lung cancer. Metabolic activation is a key prerequisite for PAHs to cause their deleterious effects. Using human lung adenocarcinoma (A549) cells, we provide evidence for the metabolic activation of (+/-)-trans-7,8dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P-7,8-trans-dihydrodiol) by aldo-keto red...

BACKGROUND Pycnocycla spinosa Decne. ex Boiss is an aromatic plant which showed relaxant effects on isolated ileum contractions and antidiarrheal activity. Thirty four components have been extracted from P. spinosa essential oil, of which several major constituents were found to show seasonal variation. OBJECTIVES The aim of this work is to evaluate the diurnal variation of its oil constituen...