scholarly journals LARVICIDAL ACTIVITY OF CROTON RHAMNIFOLIOIDES(PAX HOFFM) ESSENTIAL OIL ENCAPSULATED IN A POLYMERIC NANOSYSTEM AGAINST THE MOSQUITO AEDES AEGYPTI

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.

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 670-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agustín Alvarez Costa ◽  
Cecilia V. Naspi ◽  
Alejandro Lucia ◽  
Héctor M. Masuh

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 ◽  
...  

Planta Medica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
N Tabanca ◽  
B Demirci ◽  
HT Kiyan ◽  
A Ali ◽  
UR Bernier ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigues ◽  
Silva ◽  
Pinto ◽  
Lima dos Santos ◽  
Carneiro de Freitas ◽  
...  

The mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are vectors of arboviruses that cause dengue, zika and chikungunya. Bioactive compounds from plants are environmentally sustainable alternatives to control these vectors and thus the arboviruses transmitted by them. The present study evaluated the larvicidal activity of an acetogenin-rich fraction (ACERF) and its main constituent annonacin obtained from Annona muricata seeds on Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus. The larvicidal assays were performed using different concentrations to calculate the LC50 and LC90 values observed 24 h after exposure to the treatment. Annonacin was more active against Ae. aegypti (LC50 2.65 μg·mL−1) in comparison with Ae. albopictus (LC50 8.34 μg·mL−1). In contrast, the acetogenin-rich fraction was more active against Ae. albopictus (LC50 3.41 μg·mL−1) than Ae. aegypti (LC50 12.41 μg·mL−1). ACERF and annonacin treated larvae of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus showed significant differences in the inhibition of their metabolic enzymes when compared to untreated larvae. The results demonstrate the relevant larvicidal action of the acetogenin-rich fraction and annonacin showing the potential to develop new products for the control of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus.


2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Goretti Araújo de Lima ◽  
Ismália Cassandra Costa Maia ◽  
Bruna Dantas de Sousa ◽  
Selene Maia de Morais ◽  
Sílvia Maria Freitas

The objective of this study was to evaluate the larvicidal activity of essential oil aqueous solutions (hydrolates) obtained by steam distillation of stalks and leaves of Croton argyrophylloides, Croton nepetaefolius, Croton sonderianus and Croton zehntneri against Aedes aegypti larvae. Twenty-five larvae of third instar were placed in plastic beckers, containing the hydrolates (50 mL), in a four repetitions scheme. Water was used as control and the number of dead larvae was counted after 24 hours. The data obtained were submitted to Variance Analysis and Tukey test. Significant differences were observed among the hydrolates from different species and from different parts of each plant (p < 0.001). The hydrolates of stalk and leaf from C. nepetaefolius and C. zehntneri and leaf hydrolate of C. argyrophylloides presented 100% mortality against larvae. The compounds present in C. zenhtneri and C. nepetaefolius are oxygenated phenylpropanoids that are more soluble in water than the monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes detected in the oils of C. argyrophylloides and C. sonderianus. This study showed that all species analyzed presented compounds with larvicidal properties, with differences between each plant parts.


2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1000500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flor D. Mora ◽  
Jorge L. Avila ◽  
Luis B. Rojas ◽  
Rosslyn Ramírez ◽  
Alfredo Usubillaga ◽  
...  

The chemical constituents of the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the leaves of Eugenia triquetra O. Berg, collected in Táchira State, Venezuela, were identified by GC-MS analysis. Twenty-six components, which made up 88.5% of the oil, were identified. The major constituents were linalool (17.5%), limonene (16.9%), α-pinene (11.6%), β-pinene (8.7%), and p-cymene (3.7%). The essential oil was tested against third-instar larvae of Aedes aegypti, showing a LC50 value of 64.8 ± 5.6 ppm.


2003 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Fontenele Urano Carvalho ◽  
Vânia Maria Maciel Melo ◽  
Afrânio Aragão Craveiro ◽  
Maria Iracema Lacerda Machado ◽  
Márcia Braga Bantim ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Anne Carolina ◽  
Maman Maman

The aim of this research was to examine the larvicidal activity of essential oil (EO) extracted from nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) leaves and fruits by steam distillation, and to analyze its chemical compounds. The EO yield of nutmeg leaves and fruits collected from the same tree was 0.66% and 0.30%, respectively. Larvicidal tests with the EO were carried out against Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae). The concentrations of nutmeg EO used for the larvicidal assay were 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 μg/mL. The results showed that fruit oil was more toxic than the leaf oil. LC50 values of leaf and fruit EOs were 133.8 and 110.1 µg/mL, respectively. The chromatogram of GC-MS showed that the chemical components in nutmeg leaf and fruit EOs were dominated by α-pinene, sabinene, β-pinene, delta-3-carene, limonene, β-phellandrene, α-terpinolene, linalool, safrole, croweacin, and myristicin.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (21) ◽  
pp. 6439
Author(s):  
Cleidjane Gomes Faustino ◽  
Fernando Antônio de Medeiros ◽  
Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo ◽  
Alex Bruno Lobato Rodrigues ◽  
Anderson Luiz Pena da Costa ◽  
...  

This work aimed to prepare a nanoemulsion containing the essential oil of the Protium heptaphyllum resin and evaluate its biocidal activities against the different stages of development of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Ovicide, pupicide, adulticide and repellency assays were performed. The main constituents were p-cymene (27.70%) and α-pinene (22.31%). The developed nanoemulsion showed kinetic stability and monomodal distribution at a hydrophilic–lipophilic balance of 14 with a droplet size of 115.56 ± 1.68 nn and a zeta potential of −29.63 ± 3.46 mV. The nanoemulsion showed insecticidal action with LC50 0.404 µg.mL−1 for the ovicidal effect. In the pupicidal test, at the concentration of 160 µg.mL−1, 100% mortality was reached after 24 h. For adulticidal activity, a diagnostic concentration of 200 µg.mL−1 (120 min) was determined. In the repellency test, a concentration of 200 µg.mL−1 during the 180 min of the test showed a protection index of 77.67%. In conclusion, the nanobiotechnological product derived from the essential oil of P.heptaphyllumresin can be considered as a promising colloid that can be used to control infectious disease vectors through a wide range of possible modes of applications, probably as this bioactive delivery system may allow the optimal effect of the P. heptaphyllum terpenes in aqueous media and may also induce satisfactory delivery to air interfaces.


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