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Chemical composition and insecticidal activities of the essential oil of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. aerial parts against two stored product insects

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The chemical composition of the essential oil of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. aerial parts and its insecticidal activity against Tribolium castaneum and Lasioderma serricorne were investigated. The essential oil of P. frutescens was obtained by hydrodistillation and a total of 34 components in the essential oil were identified with GC–MS. It was found that the main compounds included 2-furyl methyl ketone (71.83 %), decahydro-1-methyl-2-methylene-naphthalene (10.47 %), limonene (5.16 %) and caryophyllene (1.66 %). With a further isolation, the two active constituents were obtained from the essential oil and identified as 2-furyl methyl ketone, limonene. In the progress of assay, it showed that the essential oil and 2-furyl methyl ketone exhibited stronger contact and fumigant activities against the two stored product insects than limonene. Moreover, the essential oil and its constituents exhibited the comparable repellency against the two stored product insects, relative to the positive control, DEET. The results indicate that the essential oil of P. frutescens aerial parts and its isolated compounds have potential for development into natural insecticides or fumigants as well as repellents for control of insects in stored grains.

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This project was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81374069).

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  1. Protection and Utilization of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing, 100875, China

    Chun Xue You, Kai Yang, Yan Wu, Wen Juan Zhang, Ying Wang & Shu Shan Du

  2. Technical Center of China Tobacco Guangxi Industrial Co., Ltd, Nanning, 530001, Guangxi, China

    Yan Wu

  3. Analytical and Testing Center, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    Zhu Feng Geng & Zhi Wei Deng

  4. College of Pharmacy, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dalian, 116600, Liaoning, China

    Hai Ping Chen & Hai Yan Jiang

  5. Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Haidian District, Beijing, 100193, China

    Zhi Long Liu

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You, C.X., Yang, K., Wu, Y. et al. Chemical composition and insecticidal activities of the essential oil of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. aerial parts against two stored product insects. Eur Food Res Technol 239, 481–490 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-014-2242-8

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