T. Suga et al., ENDOGENOUS PINE WOOD NEMATOCIDAL SUBSTANCES IN PINES, PINUS-MASSONIANA, PINUS-STROBUS AND P-PALUSTRIS, Phytochemistry, 33(6), 1993, pp. 1395-1401
The presence of the repellents and nematicides to the pine wood nemato
de, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, was found in the heartwood and bark of
Pinus massoniana, P. strobus and P. palustris, which have a resistanc
e to the pine wood nematode. The heartwood of P. massoniana contained
a repellent, alpha-humulene and two nematicidal substances, pinosylvin
monomethylether (PSM) and (-)-nortrachelogenin for the nematode. The
bark of the pine contained two nematicides, methyl ferulate and (+)-pi
noresinol. PSM, which showed the highest nematicidal activity (LD50 wa
s 4 ppm), was also contained in the heartwood of P. strobus and the he
artwood and bark of P. palustris. The resistance of these pines to the
pine wood nematode is considered to be attributed to the presence of
these endogenously defending substances. Further, the relationship bet
ween the structure and the nematicidal activity was elucidated for PSM
and methyl ferulate. Moreover, PSM showed little anti-acetylcholinest
erase activity.