Residues of carbofuran and 2,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy- 2,2-dimethylbenzofuran-7-yl methylcarbamate in the mushroom,agaricus bisporus,cultivated in casing soils treated with the insecticide

Residues of carbofuran ( 1 ) and 2,3-dihydro-3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylbenzofuran-7-yl methylcarbamate ( 2 ) in and on mushrooms, cultivated on casing soils containing added carbofuran granular insecticide, were determined. The quantitative estimations in cleaned mushroom extracts were done on thin-layer plates using a cholinesterase inhibition method. Samples were analysed, which had been harvested at different times from cultures, to which different amounts of carbofuran were added. Residues in washed and unwashed mushroom samples were compared. Residues did not exceed 0.5 mg (carbofuran) kg^?1 and 0.25 mg (compound 2 ) kg^?1 for fresh unwashed mushrooms grown on casing soil treated with carbofuran granules 1 g (a.i.) m^?2.     

Metabolism of 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuranyl-7 N-dimethoxyphosphinothioyl-N-methylcarbamate in the house fly,rat, and mouse

The metabolism of a selectively toxic derivative of carbofuran, 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuranyl-7 N-dimethoxyphosphinothioyl N-methylcarbamate (PSC), was examined in the house fly, rat, and mouse. In house flies, PSC is metabolized mainly to carbofuran and related oxidation products containing the intact N-methylcarbamyl ester moiety. Degradation to phenolic products was the principal route of metabolism in rodents. The results indicate that the selective toxicity of PSC between insects and mammals is attributable to differing pathways of metabolism.     

Metabolism of 2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl (di-n-butylaminosulfenyl)(methyl)carbamate and 2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl (morpholinosulfenyl)(methyl)carbamate in cotton and corn plants

The absorption, translocation, and metabolism of two new, selectively toxic derivatives of carbofuran, 2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl (di-n-butylaminosulfenyl)(methyl)carbamate and 2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl (morpholinosulfenyl)(methyl)carbamate, were studied in cotton and corn plants 1, 3, 6, and 10 days following both stem injection and foliage treatment. Both carbamates were readily translocated to all plant parts following stem injection, but translocation following leaf application was restricted to within the leaf. In cotton plants, the dibutylaminosulfenyl derivative was easily hydrolyzed to form carbofuran which, in turn, was oxidized at the 3-position of the ring and the N-methyl group. These oxidized metabolites were then converted to plant conjugates. Major metabolites were carbofuran and 3-hydroxy-carbofuran followed by 3-keto-carbofuran phenol and N-hydroxymethyl-carbofuran. Five minor metabolites also were detected. In corn plants, the dibutylaminosulfenyl derivative gave the same metabolites, although the metabolism rate was significantly slower in corn relative to cotton. Overall, the results showed that there were no fundamental differences in the metabolism of the morpholinosulfenyl and dibutylaminosulfenyl derivatives. The stability of both carbamate derivatives in different solvent systems also was investigated.     

Synthesis and bioactivity of some new N-aryl/alkyl/cyclohexyl-N'-(2,3-dihydro-2-oxo-4H-benz[e][1,3,2]oxazaphosphorin-2-yl) ureas

Several new substituted oxazaphosphorinyl urea derivatives of the type RR'P(O)NHC(O)NHR' were synthesized from alpha-(3-chloro-4-fluoroanilino)-o-cresol by reaction with chlorides of aryl/alkyl/cyclohexyl carbamidophosphoric acids in the presence of triethylamine at 0-50 degrees C. Their significant insecticidal and antimicrobial activity and promotion of Rhizobium bacteria growth in the soil without effect on the host tissue suggests their possible commercial application as ecofriendly pesticides and antimicrobial agents.     

Metabolism of 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuranyl-7 N-methyl-N-(2-toluenesulfenyl)carbamate in the housefly and white mouse

The metabolism of a new, selectively toxic derivative of carbofuran, 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuranyl-7 N-methyl-N-(2-toluenesulfenyl)carbamate has been investigated. The selective toxicity between insect and mammal is due to differing pathways of metabolism. Houseflies appear peculiarly suited for the rapid liberation of the toxic agent, carbofuran, from N-(2-toluenesulfenyl) carbofuran in large amounts. Metabolism in the mouse is more complex and involves a series of oxidative and hydrolytic detoxication processes which do not result in the formation of carbofuran.     

N-(7-氟-3-氧-3,4-二氢-苯并[b][1,4]口恶嗪-6-基-)乙酰胺类化合物的合成及除草活性

为了寻找高效、安全的具有除草活性的新化合物,利用2-取代乙酰氯和2H苯并[b][1,4]口恶嗪-3-酮反应合成了9个N-(7-氟-3-氧-3,4-二氢苯并[b][1,4]口恶嗪-6-基-)乙酰胺类化合物,其结构经元素分析、IR1、H NMR确证。初步除草活性测试表明:在有效剂量75g/hm2下,化合物5d芽后茎叶处理对刺苋Amaranthus spinosus等4种杂草显示出90%以上的抑制率。     

Metabolism of 1,1-bis-(p-ethoxyphenyl)-2-nitropropane in the house fly and the cluster caterpillar

Some aspects of the metabolism of a new insecticide, 1,1-bis-(p-ethoxyphenyl)-2-nitropropane have been investigated in the house fly, Musca domestica and the cluster caterpillar, Spodoptera litura. In the house fly the compound was deethylated and after 24 hr exposure, 1-(p-ethoxyphenyl)-1-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-2-nitropropane and 1,1-bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-2-nitropropane were isolated. From evidence given below it is probable that conjugates of these compounds were also present. Feeding of the insecticide to S. litura resulted in the excretion of mainly unchanged insecticide although a small percentage was converted to a polar compound tentatively identified as 1,1-bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-2-propanone.     

N-(7-氟-3-氧-3,4-二氢-苯并噁嗪-6-基-)乙酰胺类化合物的合成及除草活性

为了寻找高效、安全的具有除草活性的新化合物,利用2-取代乙酰氯和2H苯并噁嗪-3-酮反应合成了9个N-(7-氟-3-氧-3,4-二氢苯并噁嗪-6-基-)乙酰胺类化合物,其结构经元素分析、IR、1H NMR确证。初步除草活性测试表明:在有效剂量75 g/hm2下,化合物 5d 芽后茎叶处理对刺苋Amaranthus spinosus等4种杂草显示出90%以上的抑制率。     

Metabolism of O,S-dimethyl propionyl- and hexanoylphosphoramidothioate in the house fly and white mouse

The metabolism of O,S-dimethyl propionyl- and hexanoylphosphoramidothioate was investigated in the white mouse and house flies. Compared to the hexanoylphosphoramidothioate, the propionyl analog is approximately 35-fold more toxic to house flies and is 10-fold less toxic to mice. On a percentage basis, substantially larger amounts of methamidophos were detected in house flies treated topically with the propionylphosphoramidothioate than in flies treated with the hexanoyl derivative. The reverse was evident in the case of the mouse where much larger amounts of methamidophos were formed after oral treatment with the hexanoylphosphoramidothioate. Minor amounts of other metabolic products also were detected, including an unknown from the hexanoylphosphoramidothioate. Metabolism of the S-methyl moiety to carbon dioxide appeared to be a major pathway for metabolic degradation of both compounds in both the white mouse and house fly. The difference in toxicity of the two acylphosphoramidothioates to the mouse and house fly is attributed to difference in the amounts of methamidophos formed in the animals.     

Effects of insecticides and GABAergic agents on a house fly [35S]t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate binding site

Specific binding of [³⁵S]t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate ([³⁵S]TBPS) to a house fly thorax-plus-abdomen membrane preparation at 20°C is characterized by apparent K_d and B_max values of 0.21 μM and 2.5 pmol/mg protein, respectively, an association half-time of 13 min at 2 nM, and a biphasic dissociation curve showing half-times of 15 and 35 min. Specific binding is reduced at 37°C apparently due to instability of the receptor-ligand complex and at 0°C as the result of very slow association. [³⁵S]TBPS binding is diminished by detergents, stimulated by GABA at low ligand concentration, and inhibited by picrotoxinin and certain barbiturates, benzodiazepines, bicyclophosphorus compounds, and polychlorocycloalkane insecticides. The potency of TBPS and three related phosphorothionates in displacing [³⁵S]TBPS parallels their toxicity on injection into house flies; the corresponding bicyclophosphates are less active in both assays. Cyclodienes of low toxicity are generally poor inhibitors of radioligand binding. α-Endosulfan and syn-12-hydroxyendrin are more potent than their β and anti isomers, respectively, both as inhibitors of TBPS binding and as toxicants. Analysis of Scatchard plots indicates that picrotoxinin and heptachlor epoxide are non-competitive inhibitors of [³⁵S]TBPS binding. The [³⁵S]TBPS binding site of the house fly membrane preparation differs from that extensively studied in mammalian brain with respect to their responses to many insecticides and GABAergic agents.     

Behavioural and electrophysiological investigation of 1-(7-ethoxygeranyl)-2-methylbenzimidazole on the house fly Musca domestica

The insecticidal properties of 1-(7-ethoxygeranyl)-2-methylbenzimidazole (EGMB) were investigated on larval and adult house flies. Unsynergised EGMB gave topical LD₅₀ values of 0.53 μg per female fly on NAIDM strain house flies. When flies were pretreated with 5.2 μg piperonyl butoxide, susceptibility was increased (LD₅₀ 0.12 μg per female fly). House fly larvae were less susceptible to EGMB (LD₅₀ 2.2 μg). Poisoning with EGMB resulted in a rapid reduction in locomotor activity of both larval and adult house flies. This reduction in locomotion was progressive and led to complete paralysis. Various parameters of larval nervous system function were investigated in larvae during these early phases of poisoning. As early as 15 min after dosing larvae with LD₉₅ doses of EGMB, sensory nerves were less responsive. Over a somewhat longer time (2–4 h), neurally evoked contractures were adversely affected by EGMB. In some cases, this effect appeared to be due to reduced postsynaptic potential amplitude; in other instances, it appeared to be due to an effect independent of neuromuscular transmission. The close temporal correlation between behavioural and electrophysiological observations suggests that the nervous and muscular systems are important sites of action of EGMB.     

Metabolism of [14C]parathion and [14C]paraoxon in isolated,perfused rat livers

Perfusion of ¹⁴C-(ring)-parathion or ¹⁴C-(ring)-paraoxon with blood through isolated, intact rat livers resulted in the rapid degradation of these insecticides. Degradation was negligible in the absence of rat liver (controls), thus demonstrating the capacity of the liver per se to effectively degrade these compounds. Of the total radiocarbon recovered after liver perfusion with [¹⁴C]parathion, 33 % could be attributed to unchanged [¹⁴C]parathion (similarly distributed between the liver and the blood) while 67.9 % was degraded to water soluble compounds and 2.5% was converted to organic soluble paraoxon and traces of p-nitrophenol. Nearly all of the [¹⁴C]paraoxon, however, was degraded by the intact rat liver, resulting in water soluble products that amounted to 98.5% of the total radiocarbon recovered. Unexplained losses of radiocarbon with the perfusion apparatus used were lower in the presence of rat liver which degraded the insecticides to more water soluble compounds. The water soluble degradation products produced from [¹⁴C]parathion and [¹⁴C]paraoxon were non-toxic to mosquito larvae (Aedes aegypti L.). These ring-labelled products were found to be conjugated p-nito-phenol. Nearly all of the water soluble radiocarbon was located in the perfused blood, while only small amounts (1.8 to 3.0% of recovered) were excreted via the bile or were associated with the liver tissue (1.3 to 1.8 % of recovered).     

Characterization of multiple glutathione transferases from the house fly, Musca domestica (L)

Glutathione transferases have been purified to a high degree of homogeneity from three strains of house fly by a procedure involving affinity chromatography on glutathione-sulfobromophthalein conjugate immobilized on Sepharose 4B, followed by preparative isoelectrofocusing. The affinity chromatography yielded purifications of between about 10- and 100-fold, depending on the strain and the substrate with which activity was measured. Each strain was shown to possess several proteins with glutathione S-transferase activity which fell into two clearly defined groups. The first group, of relatively low isoelectric point, showed activity with CDNB but little with DCNB, p-nitrobenzylchloride, or 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)propane, whereas the second group, of higher isoelectric points, showed substantial activity with all substrates tested. Studies on the subunit structure of these enzymes demonstrated the existence of three different sized subunits of M_r 20,000, 22,000, and 23,500. From the experimental evidence recorded here, the existence of at least three functionally different glutathione transferases is inferred.     

DDT and pyrethroids: Receptor binding in relation to knockdown resistance (kdr) in the house fly

The nature of target site or knockdown resistance (kdr) to DDT and pyrethroids was studied by investigating specific binding of [14_C] DDT and [14_C] cis-permethrin to the previously established membrane receptors from the heads of susceptible (sbo) and resistant (kdr) strains of the house fly, Musca domestica L. In vivo studies showed the heads from sbo flies bound two to three times more DDT than those from kdr flies at all doses tested. Reduced binding was also observed in kdr flies in in vitro [14_C] DDT binding assays. Scatchard analysis indicated that kdr flies have the same affinity but fewer receptors per milligram protein in the CNS than sbo flies. Assays with [14_C] cis-permethrin also showed binding was much reduced in kdr flies in comparison with sbo flies. Based on these results, the nature of the target site insensitivity of kdr flies may relate to their having a reduced number of receptors for the insecticides.     

Enterohepatic circulation and biliary secretion of 5,6-dihydro-5,6-dihydroxy[14C]carbaryl glucuronide in the rat

Intestinal absorption (enterohepatic circulation) and biliary secretion of ¹⁴C from a metabolite of carbaryl isolated from rat bile, 5,6-dihydro-5,6-dihydroxy[¹⁴C]carbaryl glucuronide, and its aglycone were observed: Lincomycin and kanamycin sulfate were also given to rats to determine the effect of an altered intestinal microflora on the above processes. Net absorption of ¹⁴C from the glucuronide occurred in the small intestine and cecum of control rats (68.5%); 10% of the infused ¹⁴C was secreted in the bile. Antibiotic treatment affected the site of absorption and the biliary secretion of ¹⁴C from the glucuronide since net ¹⁴C absorption occurred only in the small intestine of antibiotic-treated rats (32.5%) and biliary secretion accounted for less than 1% of the infused ¹⁴C. The site of absorption of ¹⁴C from the aglycone and biliary secretion of ¹⁴C (17%, control rats; 14%, antibiotic-treated rats) were not affected by antibiotic treatment. Carbon-14 from the aglycone was absorbed primarily in the small intestine (89.3%, control rats; 84.2%, antibiotic-treated rats). The results indicate that the intestinal microflora influence the enterohepatic circulation and biliary secretion of the glucuronic acid conjugate of 5,6-dihydro-5,6-dihydroxycarbaryl.     

Metabolism of [14C]vernolate in soybeans

Penetration and metabolism of [¹⁴C]vernolate in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr. var Ransom] pods and seeds were measured 0, 1, 4, 24, 48, or 72 hr after treatment which occurred at 40 days after flowering. Total ¹⁴C recovery decreased ca. 50% within 4 hr and the loss of ¹⁴C was considered to be a measure of volatility. Total nonpolar extractants decreased in a logarithmic pattern which approached 10% of total ¹⁴C recovered within 24–48 hr. Total polar extractants increased in a logarithmic pattern to a maximum of 90% of total ¹⁴C recovered within 24 hr. Seed nonpolar extractants never exceeded 2% of the total ¹⁴C recovered while pod nonpolar extractants consisted of vernolate plus an unidentified component that did not thin-layer chromatograph (TLC) as the sulfone or sulfoxide. Pod polar extractants increased with time to ca. 75% of the total ¹⁴C recovered (24–48 hr) and decreased to ca. 58% at 72 hr after treatment. Seed polar extractants averaged ca. 10% of total ¹⁴C recovered for the first 48 hr after treatment and then increased to 30% of total ¹⁴C recovered. Thus, [¹⁴C]vernolate per se concentration decreased to <1% of applied material within 72 hr through volatilization and degradation of nonpolar extractants to polar products. Polar metabolites showed two major patterns of vernolate detoxification. One detoxification system produced ¹⁴C-metabolites whose R_f's were equivalent to that reported in corn (Zea mays L.) [J. P. Hubbell and J. E. Casida, [J. Agric. Food Chem. 25, 404 (1977)] and accounted for <30% of the pod polar extractants. A second detoxification system was most prevalent in soybean pod and seed tissues and resulted in very rapid modification of vernolate with an unidentified product that was 85% of the extracted ¹⁴C within 4 hr after treatment and which decreased in concentration with time. Therefore, unexplained vernolate detoxification system(s) exist in soybean pod and seed.     

DSC and Raman study on the interaction of DDT [1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethane] with liposomal phospholipids

In this paper, a DSC and Raman study of hydrated multilamellar DMPC (1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) and DMPE (1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine) liposomes in presence of increasing amounts of DDT is reported.The observed changes denote that DDT molecules interact with both phospholipids and that the interaction mainly involves the external part of the bilayer since the deep penetration into the hydrophobic core is prevented by the setting up of polar interactions between the three aliphatic C-Cl bonds of the trichloro group of DDT and the -N⁺(CH₃)₃ of DMPC or the -NH₃⁺ groups of DMPE molecules.This behaviour was particularly evidenced in presence of DMPE, as the insertion of DDT molecules into the central part of the bilayer seems to be completely excluded.Moreover, in DMPE liposomes the overall structure of the bilayer changes to a well defined and structured ‘phase II’ in presence of even small DDT amounts.     

N-[4-叔丁基-6-芳基-5-(1,2,4-三唑-1-基)-1,3-噻嗪-2-基]酰胺类化合物的合成及抑菌活性

以α-三唑基频那酮为起始原料,经缩合、环化和酰胺化反应合成了15个未见文献报道的化合物,其结构均经核磁共振氢谱、红外光谱和质谱确认。初步抑菌活性测试结果表明,在50 mg/L下,目标化合物对供试植物病原菌均有不同程度的抑制作用,其中化合物3a-3、3a-4、3a-5、3b-2和3b-3对番茄灰霉病菌Botrytis cinerea的抑制率达80%以上,3a-4和3a-5对棉花枯萎病菌Fusarium oxysporum vasinfectum的抑制率分别达78.6%和82.4%。     

Structure-activity relationships of 1,2,3-benzothiadiazoles as synergists for carbaryl against the house fly (Musca domestica)

Fifty six 1,2,3-benzothiadiazoles and related compounds were evaluated as carbaryl synergists against the house fly (Musca domestica). Many of these were excellent synergists, the most active being those containing various combinations of halogen, alkyl, or alkoxy substituents in the 5- and/or 6-positions of the ring.Regression analysis on the data from 14 compounds for which substituents constants were available established that synergistic activity can be satisfactorily described by equations in terms of the hydrophobic bonding constant (π) and the homolytic free radical constant (σ ·).The results with compounds related to the 1,2,3-benzothiadiazoles suggest that synergistic activity is associated primarily with the diazosulfide moiety.