Biologically active toxin from macroalgae Chaetomorpha antennina Bory, against the lepidopteran Spodoptera litura Fab. and evaluation of toxicity to earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae Kinb

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 1 Compounds present in active fraction identified through GCMS

	RT	Compound	MW	Chemical formula and structure
1	5.024	Methylene chloride	84	CH₂Cl₂
2	5.154	Dichloroacetaldehyde	112	C₂H₂OCl₂
3	5.199	Methyl chloroacetaldehyde	108	C₃H₅O₂Cl
4	5.274	Dichloroacetic acid	128	C₂H₂O₂Cl₂
5	5.369	Cis-2-Chlorovinylacetate	120	C₄H₅O₂Cl
6	5.424	Trichloromethane	119	CCl₃D
7	5.765	Chloro-methanesulfonyl chloride	148	CH₂O₂Cl₂S
8	5.825	Butanoic acid, 2-chloro-3-oxo-, ethyl ester	164	C₆H₉O₃Cl
9	19.8	Cyclohexan-1,4,5-triol-3,1,1-carboxylic acid	190	C₇H₁₀O₆
10	20.791	Cyclobutanol	72	C₄H₈O
11	27.318	2,6-Lutidine 3,5-Dichloo-4-Dodecylthion	375	C₁₉H₃₁NCl₂S