Elisangela Oliveria Desiderio, Valdo Soares Martins Júnior, Alisson Samuel Portes Caldeira, Tânia Maria de Almeida Alves, Juliana Pimenta Cruz, Thallyta Maria Vieira, Viviane Oliveira Vasconcelos, Eduardo Robson Duarte
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Abstract
Plant-derived compound emerges as alternatives to integrated control of Aedes aegypti, the main transmitter of Chikungunya, Dengue, Zika virus. The effects of Magonia pubescens A. St.-Hill extracts on Ae. aegypti larval development were assessed. Four in vitro assays analysed the insecticidal potential (% larval mortality) of aqueous and ethanolic (EE) extracts of leaves and seeds. The extracts were analysed using UHPLC-MS/MS. By comparing to data from three databases, 12 compounds from different classes were identified in the EE, including coumarins, phenolic acids, polyphenols, and flavonoids. The EE from the leaves was the most effective, with an LC90 of 0.262 mg/mL. Morphological alterations were observed in larvae exposed to the extracts, showing epithelial walls with extravasation of intestinal contents. These findings highlight the effectiveness of M. pubescens extract as a bioinsecticidal agent against Ae. aegypti larvae.
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The aim of Natural Product Research is to publish important contributions in the field of natural product chemistry. The journal covers all aspects of research in the chemistry and biochemistry of naturally occurring compounds.
The communications include coverage of work on natural substances of land and sea and of plants, microbes and animals. Discussions of structure elucidation, synthesis and experimental biosynthesis of natural products as well as developments of methods in these areas are welcomed in the journal. Finally, research papers in fields on the chemistry-biology boundary, eg. fermentation chemistry, plant tissue culture investigations etc., are accepted into the journal.
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