Design, Synthesis, In Vitro Antifungal Activity and Mechanism Study of the Novel 4-Substituted Mandelic Acid Derivatives

Overview

Journal Int J Mol Sci

Publisher MDPI

Specialties Biochemistry
Chemistry
Molecular Biology

Date 2023 May 27

PMID 37240243

Authors

Biao Chen

Dandan Song

Huabin Shi

Kuai Chen

Zhibing Wu

Huifang Chai

Affiliations

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Abstract

Plant diseases caused by phytopathogenic fungi are a serious threat in the process of crop production and cause large economic losses to global agriculture. To obtain high-antifungal-activity compounds with novel action mechanisms, a series of 4-substituted mandelic acid derivatives containing a 1,3,4-oxadiazole moiety were designed and synthesized. In vitro bioassay results revealed that some compounds exhibited excellent activity against the tested fungi. Among them, the EC values of against (), against (), and against () were 20.4, 12.7, and 8.0 mg/L, respectively, which were highly superior to that of the commercialized fungicide mandipropamid. The morphological studies of with a fluorescence microscope (FM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) indicated that broke the surface of the hyphae and destroyed cell membrane integrity with increased concentration, thereby inhibiting fungal reproduction. Further cytoplasmic content leakage determination results showed a dramatic increase of the nucleic acid and protein concentrations in mycelia with treatment, which also indicated that the title compound could destroy cell membrane integrity and affect the growth of fungi. These results provide important information for further study of the mechanism of action of mandelic acid derivatives and their structural derivatization.

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