Insect Juvenile Hormone Mimics Based on Bakuchiol

Abstract

Several derivatives of bakuchiol, a meroterpenoid from Psoralea corylifolia Linn., have been prepared and evaluated for insect juvenile hormone activity against Dysdercus koenigii nymphs. Almost all of these were found to be more active than the standard farnesyl methyl ether, while some of these proved to be many times more potent.