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Chemical Composition, Insecticidal and Mosquito Larvicidal Activities of Allspice (Pimenta dioica) Essential Oil.
Narayanankutty, Arunaksharan; Kuttithodi, Aswathi Moothakoottil; Alfarhan, Ahmed; Rajagopal, Rajakrishnan; Barcelo, Damia.
Afiliação
  • Narayanankutty A; Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, PG and Research Department of Zoology, St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Calicut 673008, India.
  • Kuttithodi AM; Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, PG and Research Department of Zoology, St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Calicut 673008, India.
  • Alfarhan A; Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
  • Rajagopal R; Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
  • Barcelo D; Water and Soil Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, JORDI GIRONA 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
Molecules ; 26(21)2021 Nov 05.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34771106
ABSTRACT
Essential oils are biologically and environmentally safe pesticidal compounds yielded from aromatic plants. Spices are important sources of essential oils, and they are widely used in the medicine, food, and various other industries. Among the different spices, Allspice (Pimenta dioica) is underexplored in terms of its biological efficacy and a limited number of studies are available on the chemical composition of Allspice essential oil (AEO); thus, the present study evaluated the larvicidal property, the repellency, and the fumigant toxicity against common pests of stored products of AEO. AEO was found to inhibit the survival of larvae of such vectors as Aedis, Culex, and Armigeres species. Further, AEO was found to exert repellant effects against the pests of such stored products as Sitophilus, Callosobruchus, and Tribolium. Similarly, the fumigant toxicity was found to be high for AEO against these species. The contact toxicity of AEO was high against Sitophilus and Callosobruchus. Apart from that, the essential oil was found to be safe against a non-target organism (guppy fishes) and was found to be non-genotoxic in an Allium cepa model. Overall, the results of the present study indicate that the essential oil from Allspice could be used as an environmentally safe larvicidal and biopesticidal compound.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Óleos de Plantas / Óleos Voláteis / Pimenta / Inseticidas / Culicidae Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Molecules Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Índia

Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Óleos de Plantas / Óleos Voláteis / Pimenta / Inseticidas / Culicidae Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Molecules Assunto da revista: BIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Índia