Larvicidal and Cytotoxic Activities of Extracts from 11 Native Plants from Northeastern Mexico

Of all mosquito-borne viral diseases, dengue is spreading most rapidly worldwide. Conventional chemical insecticides (e.g., organophosphates and carbamates) effectively kill mosquitoes at their larval stage, but are toxic to humans. Natural product-based insecticides may be highly specific. Herein,...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of medical entomology 2013-03, Vol.50 (2), p.310-313
Main Authors: de la Torre Rodriguez, Yael C., Estrada, Francisco Ricardo Martínez, Suarez, Adriana Elizabeth Flores, Torres, Noemí Waksman de, Aranda, Ricardo Salazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aedes - drug effects
Ambrosia confertiflora
Animals
bioinsecticide
Biological insect control
Carbamates
Cercopithecus aethiops
Disease transmission
Insecticides
Insecticides - pharmacology
Larva - drug effects
larvicidal activity
Magnoliopsida - chemistry
Male
Methanol
Mexico
Mosquito Control
Mosquitoes
Pest Control, Biological
Plant Components, Aerial - chemistry
Plant Extracts - pharmacology
Ruta chalepensis
Species Specificity
VECTOR CONTROL, PEST MANAGEMENT, RESISTANCE, REPELLENTS
Vero Cells
Zanthoxylum fagara
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Of all mosquito-borne viral diseases, dengue is spreading most rapidly worldwide. Conventional chemical insecticides (e.g., organophosphates and carbamates) effectively kill mosquitoes at their larval stage, but are toxic to humans. Natural product-based insecticides may be highly specific. Herein, we report the insecticidal activities of 11 native Mexican plants against Aedes aegypti (L). Ether extracts of Ambrosia confertiflora De Candolle, Thymus vulgaris (L.), and Zanthoxylum fagara (L.), and both ether and methanol extracts of Ruta chalepensis L. were significantly larvicidal toward the dengue mosquito after 24 h of exposure. Of them, only the ether extract of A. confertiflora was toxic to Vero cells. In conclusion, the ether extracts of Thymus vulgaris, Z. fagara, and both ether and methanol extracts of Ruta chalepensis L., could be considered as potential bioinsecticides.
ISSN:0022-2585
1938-2928
0022-2585
DOI:10.1603/ME12056