Based on the insecticidal activities of extracts, the most active extract was purified by the activity-tracking method combined with the separation method of
silica gel column chromatography. The third set of bioassays was used to select the active fraction for subsequent evaluation. The method of the toxicity bioassay was the same as above (
Section 2.3.2). The most active extract, which was subjected to
silica gel column (200–300 mesh, Qingdao Marine Chemical Factory, Qingdao, China), was given four fractions by using a dichloromethane–methanol (25:1, 10:1, 5:1, 3:1, 0:1,
v/
v) gradient elution. Additionally, the active fraction Fr.2 was divided into four fractions by using a dichloromethane–methanol (1:0, 50:1, 25:1, 10:1, 3:1, 0:1,
v/
v) gradient elution (
silica gel, 200–300 mesh, Qingdao Marine Chemical Factory, Qingdao, China). Additionally, the active fraction Fr.2.2 was divided into three fractions by using a petroleum-ether–ethyl-acetate (10:1, 5:1, 3:1,1:1, 0:1,
v/
v) gradient elution (
silica gel, 300–400 mesh, Qingdao Marine Chemical Factory, Qingdao, China). The UPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap/MS system was employed to analyze the active fraction Fr.2.2.2.
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