Review Article

Terpenes: Natural Products for Controlling Insects of Importance to Human Health—A Structure-Activity Relationship Study

Table 5

Calculated molecular descriptors for hydrocarbon compounds used in QSAR analysis of the fumigant efficacy against cockroach.

CompoundsRingsMV

-Phellandrene1163.1353.21
2-Carene2154.9052.8
-Terpinene1161.1283.16
Camphene2153.0742.86
-Pinene2153.0742.86
3-Carene2154.9052.8
Limonene1163.2643.22
-Terpinene1161.1283.16
-Pinene2154.9052.8
Myrcene0177.0073.54

The descriptors were calculated by ChemAxon and ChemSpider software.
The data on cockroach species were obtained by Jang et al. [42].