Repellent and Larvicidal Activity of the Essential Oil From Eucalyptus nitens Against Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 670-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agustín Alvarez Costa ◽  
Cecilia V. Naspi ◽  
Alejandro Lucia ◽  
Héctor M. Masuh
Author(s):  
Le T Huong ◽  
◽  
Trinh T Huong ◽  
Nguyen TT Huong ◽  
Nguyen H Hung ◽  
...  

The chemical composition and larvicidal activity of essential oils derived from the leaves and rhizomes of Zingiber montanum (J. Koenig) Link ex. A. Dietr. were reported. The main compounds in the leaf oil were -pinene (13.8%), -phellandrene (11.3%) and -pinene (7.3%) while the rhizome oil was dominated by sabinene (41.1%), terpinen-4-ol (22.7%) and (E)-nerolidol (14.3%). The minimum lethal concentration (larvicidal activity) LC50 of the rhizome oil at 24 h against Aedes albopictus was 35.17 μg/mL, while LC50 values of 32.20 μg/mL and 31.12 μg/mL were obtained against Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus respectively. At 48 h the oil displayed larvicidal action with LC50 values of 23.18 μg/mL, 25.58 μg/mL and 18.99 μg/mL respectively towards Ae. albopictus, Ae. Aegypti and Cx. quinquefasciatus. The leaf oil did not exhibit significant mortality and larvicidal action. The results indicate the potential of rhizome essential oil of Z. montanum as a source of larvicidal agent.


Author(s):  
Leandro P. França ◽  
Ana Claudia F. Amaral ◽  
Aline de S. Ramos ◽  
José Luiz P. Ferreira ◽  
Ana Clara B. Maria ◽  
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PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. e0195681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Temsiri Yooyangket ◽  
Paramaporn Muangpat ◽  
Raxsina Polseela ◽  
Sarunporn Tandhavanant ◽  
Aunchalee Thanwisai ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 379-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Maria Mariano Fernandez ◽  
Maurício Ferreira da Rosa ◽  
Ana Claudia Aparecida Mariano Fernandez ◽  
Fabiana Brusco Lorenzetti ◽  
Keila Fernanda Raimundo ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le T. Huong ◽  
Trinh T. Huong ◽  
Nguyen T.T. Huong ◽  
Nguyen H. Hung ◽  
Pham T.T. Dat ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (6) ◽  
pp. 1455-1461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Conti ◽  
Angelo Canale ◽  
Alessandra Bertoli ◽  
Francesca Gozzini ◽  
Luisa Pistelli

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (34) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Andréia Gregório da Silva SANTOS ◽  
Daniela do Amaral Ferraz NAVARRO ◽  
Nereide Stela Santos MAGALHÃES ◽  
Maria Alice Varjal MELO-SANTOS ◽  
Sofia Suely Ferreira BRANDÃO

Aedes aegypti is a species of mosquito with wide distribution worldwide, involved in the cycles of transmission of dengue, Zika and chikungunya. The lack of vaccines for most of these arboviruses highlights the importance of vector control as a measure to reduce the incidence of these diseases. Several researches have been carried out in order to find substances of plant origin that are candidates for the control of A. aegypti. In this sense, medicinal plants that also have an insecticidal action have shown promise for the development of new products, environmentally safer than traditional chemical insecticides. The objective of this work was to evaluate the larvicidal activity of the essential oil of the leaves of Croton rhamnifolioides and its formulation in nanocapsules for A. aegypti. The essential oil was extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to a mass spectrometer (CG/MS). Formulations were produced containing concentrations of pure oil, which ranged from 40 to 80 μg/mL and polycaprolactone nanocapsules with concentrations from 30 to 120 μg/mL. Larvicide tests were performed using varying concentrations of an aqueous suspension, in triplicates, containing 20 larvae / concentration, in addition to an untreated control. As a result, the essential oil had an average content that varied between 1.4% and 0.58%, depending on the time of collection and, as main constituents, eucalyptol (16.57%) and (E) -cariophylene (11, 32%). LC50 values ranged from 26.3 μg/mL to 52.2 μg/mL and CL90 from 37.8 μg/mL to 68.7 μg/mL for pure oil. In encapsulated oil, the LC50 = 63.4 μg/mL and the LC90 = 104.8 μg/mL. The pure oil of Croton rhamnifolioides was considered more active against the larvae of A. aegypti than the encapsulated one, although both have great potential for application as a larvicide.


Planta Medica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
N Tabanca ◽  
B Demirci ◽  
HT Kiyan ◽  
A Ali ◽  
UR Bernier ◽  
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Author(s):  
T.D.H. Dinh ◽  
Q.T. Le ◽  
T.D. Nguyen ◽  
T.Q.T. Nguyen ◽  
A.S. Ho ◽  
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A Vietnamese domestic plant namely Solanum nigrum (S. nigrum) was subjected to test for larvicidal activity on two majors Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) vectors Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti) and Aedes albopictus (Ae. albopictus). The plant was processed to get infusions in hot water or extracted in ethanol. Laboratory and field larval strains of two Aedes species were exposed to the infusions and extract at increasing concentrations for one hour and followed-up intensively for up to 72 hours. The obtained results of bioassay showed larvicidal effects of extract on all mosquito strains. The effects on laboratory strain of Ae. aegypti larvae were correlated with infusions and extract concentrations. Chopped plant infusions in hot water indicated mortality up to 77.3% of larvae. Ground plant infusions killed all of exposed larvae at day 3 postexposure. Median lethal concentrations (LC50,s) of chopped and ground plant infusions were 10.25 and 7.54%, respectively. Ethanolic extract had very strong effect on experimental subjects. Within 72 hours, 100% of laboratory strain of Ae. aegypti larvae died after exposure to extract at 100 parts per million (ppm) or higher concentrations. Ethanolic plant extract showed similar larvicidal effect on field strains of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus. The percentage mortality of field strains larvae reached 100% after exposure to 100 ppm of plant extract. At concentrations of 1000 ppm, 100% of exposed larvae died with 8 hours. LC50 on tested larvae was 25.07-33.60 ppm. Strong larvicidal activity of S. nigrum suggests the possible application in DHF vector control effort.


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