Vapor pressure and volatility of β-asarone,the main ingredient of an indigenous stored-product insecticide,Acorus calamus oil |
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Authors: | streloke M Ascher K R S Schmidt G H Neumann W P |
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Institution: | 1.FB Biologie, LG Zoologie-Entomologie, Universit?t Hannover, D-3000, Hannover 21, Frg ;3.Abt. Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie I, Universitat Dortmund, D-4600, Dortmund 50, Frg ; |
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Abstract: | The effect ofAcorus calamus products on insects is reviewed briefly. A sudden, dramatic drop occurs in the insecticidal, gaseous phase activity of calamus
oil on stored-product pests, when the exposure temperature is lowered from 30° to 25°C. In an attempt to explain this finding,
the vapor pressure of the main constituent of IndianAcorus calamus essential oil, β-asarone, was determined by three methods: (i) extrapolation with a gas-chromatographic method according
to Jensen and Schall; (ii) calculation from boiling points with the Clausius-Clapeyron equation; and (iii) direct measurement
with the Knudsen cell. The values of vapor pressure of β-asarone at 30°C according to these three methods were 3.3 x 10-3, 3.7 x 10-3 and 9.8 x 10-4 Torr, respectively. The volatility of β-asarone under the conditions of the fumigant experiments mentioned above was assayed
by determining the weight loss from 50 mg asarone allowed to evaporate at 30°C from a filter paper disk into a 400 ml hermetically
closed glass vessel. The weight loss was approximately 0.75 mg/400 ml receptacle space (≈1.9 mg/l) for every 10 days from
day 0 to day 40. |
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Keywords: | Acorus calamus oil β -asarone vapor pressure of β -asarone evaporation of gas chromatography retention times Clausius-Clapeyron equation Knudsen cell insecticidal properties ofA calamus products literature minireview |
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