Progress of the research on the nereistoxin insecticides

Nereistoxin insecticides as new biomimetic insecticides which were developed in the 1960s have been widely used for preventing and eliminating pest in rice,vegetable and fruit field as its high-effectiveness,low-toxicity and low-residue.In order to give an overview of significance of nereistoxin compounds with insecticidal activities,the structures and biological of nereistoxin,guinesines derivatives are introduced,which are classed according to the different types of pharmacophores.