Review Article

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

Table 6

Calculated molecular descriptors for compounds used in QSAR analysis of the insecticidal activity on triatominae nymphs.

CompoundsSTASAASA+ASA−BP

Menthone27.2346.6262.684.1209
Isomenthol29.7293228.664.3218
Piperitone28.9335.2244.890.4234
Linalool28.2378.4288.190.2199
Pulegone29.5347249.897.2221
1,8-Cineole32.4307.7242.465.3176
Trans-anethole31.8389.6299.689.8237.5
Nerolidol29.6493381.1111.9276

The descriptors were calculated by ChemAxon and ChemSpider software.
The data were obtained by Laurent et al. [43].