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Antimicrobial, insect sterilizing and ovicidal activity of some oxo-vanadium(IV) and oxo-vanadium(V) complexes

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Twenty-three newly synthesized mixed-ligand complexes of oxo-vanadium(IV) and oxo-vanadium(V) were studied for antimicrobial activity. Eight of these complexes were found to have microbicidal properties. The complexes [NH4][VO(gl)2H2O (gl-H2=glycolic acid) and [VO(ACOAP)(acac-H)]H2O (ACOAP-H2=Schiff base of acetylacetone and orthoaminophenol, acac-H=acetylacetone) show broad bactericidal spectra, while the complexes [VO(ACSAM)2]OH (ACSAM-H=Schiff base of acetylacetone and sulphanilamide) and [VO(CSSAM-H)2]H2O (CSSAM-H=Schiff base of 3-carboxy salicylaldehyde and sulphanilamide) possess pronounced antidermatophytic properties. The latter is inhibitory to plant pathogenic fungi as well. Plant tumour producingAgrobacterium tumefaciens is effectively inhibitedin vitro by the complex [VO(ACTSC-Na)(acac)]H2O (ACTSC-H2=condensation product of acetylacetone and thiosemicarbazide). Minimum inhibitory concentrations of all the active complexes are within the values of 0.125–2.00 mg/ml. Out of the 7 active complexes tested for 50% inhibition of conidial germination ofHelminthosporium oryzae, a rice plant pathogen, only 1 complex, viz. [VO(acac) (ACACAACD)] (ACACAACD(H)NH4=Schiff base of acetylacetone and ammonium 2-amino-1-cyclopentene-1-dithiocarboxylate) shows a positive result. The effective concentration is 0.55 mg/ml.

Three vanadium complexes were tested for insect sterilant and ovicidal properties on the red cotton bug,Dysdercus koenigi. The complex [VO(HASA-Na) (acac)]H2O (HASA-H2=Schiff base of orthohydroxy-acetophenone and anthranilic acid) was found to be a suitable male sterilant.

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  1. Department of Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Nadia, 741235, Kalyani, West Bengal, India

    S. Datta & P. Banerjee

  2. Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, 741235, Kalyani, West Bengal, India

    R. D. Banerjee, G. M. Sarkar & S. K. Saha

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, 741235, Kalyani, West Bengal, India

    K. Dey, R. K. Maiti, S. K. Sen & J. K. Bhar

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Datta, S., Banerjee, P., Banerjee, R.D. et al. Antimicrobial, insect sterilizing and ovicidal activity of some oxo-vanadium(IV) and oxo-vanadium(V) complexes. Agents and Actions 12, 543–551 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965941

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