{"title":"Toxic and synergetic effect of plant essential oils along with nano-emulsion for control of three mosquito species","authors":"Perumal Vivekanandhan , Sukanya Panikar , Veeran Sethuraman , Ayyakkannu Usha-Raja-Nanthini , Muthugounder Subramanian Shivakumar","doi":"10.1016/j.napere.2023.100045","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nano-emulsion containing <em>Eucalyptus grandis</em> (W. Hill ex Maiden) and <em>Corymbia citrodora</em> (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (common synonym <em>Eucalyptus citriodora</em> Hook<em>.</em>) leaf essential oils individual, combination was evaluated its larvicidal activity against <em>Anopheles stephensi</em>, <em>Aedesaegypti</em> and <em>Culex quinquefasciatus</em> mosquito larvae at 24 h post treatment. Nano-emulsion had low polydispersivity index and mean droplet size was below 66 nm. After 24 h <em>E. grandis</em> essential oil exhibited significant larvicidal activity with LC<sub>50</sub> and LC<sub>90</sub> values in <em>A. aegypti</em> (23.667; 438.797 ppm in <em>A. aegypti A. stephensi</em> (10.984; 277.535 ppm) and <em>C. quinquefasciatus</em> (4.676; 106.415 ppm). Similarly in <em>C. citrodora</em> showed low LC<sub>50</sub> and LC<sub>90</sub> values in <em>A. aegypti</em> (18.430; 1048.599 ppm), <em>A. stephensi</em> (6.573; 176.737 ppm) and <em>C. quinquefasciatus</em> (7.917; 287.720 ppm) respectively. The combination of <em>E. grandis</em> and <em>C. citrodora</em> essential oils showed higher mortality rates than individual essential oils, with low LC<sub>50</sub> and LC<sub>90</sub> values in <em>A. aegypti</em> (3.625; 58.962 ppm), <em>A. stephensi</em> (3.245; 34.473 ppm) and <em>C. quinquefasciatus</em> (3.002; 30.153 ppm). Nano-emulsion exhibited toxic effects similar to combination group with LC<sub>50</sub> and LC<sub>90</sub> values in <em>A. aegypti</em> (5.344; 113.362 ppm), <em>A. stephensi</em> (3.183; 83.112 ppm) and <em>C. quinquefasciatus</em> (2.832; 166.665 ppm). Chemical constituents of both essential oil were analyzed using GC-MS and FT-IR, result showed <em>E. grandis</em> contain different compounds namely; alpha-pinene, (31.74%); o-cymene, (17.84%); Eucalyptol (16.24%); Bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (3.2%) and <em>C. citrodora</em> showed Citronellol (49.31%); dl-Isopulegol (25.39%) as a major compound while their synergistic action may be due to type’s composition of EOs might produce the synergist effect along with nanoemulsions. Our findings suggest that combination of essential oil <em>E. grandis</em> and <em>C. citrodora</em> can be used for mosquito control as green approach.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100809,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Natural Pesticide Research","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100045"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Natural Pesticide Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773078623000262","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Nano-emulsion containing Eucalyptus grandis (W. Hill ex Maiden) and Corymbia citrodora (Hook.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson (common synonym Eucalyptus citriodora Hook.) leaf essential oils individual, combination was evaluated its larvicidal activity against Anopheles stephensi, Aedesaegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito larvae at 24 h post treatment. Nano-emulsion had low polydispersivity index and mean droplet size was below 66 nm. After 24 h E. grandis essential oil exhibited significant larvicidal activity with LC50 and LC90 values in A. aegypti (23.667; 438.797 ppm in A. aegypti A. stephensi (10.984; 277.535 ppm) and C. quinquefasciatus (4.676; 106.415 ppm). Similarly in C. citrodora showed low LC50 and LC90 values in A. aegypti (18.430; 1048.599 ppm), A. stephensi (6.573; 176.737 ppm) and C. quinquefasciatus (7.917; 287.720 ppm) respectively. The combination of E. grandis and C. citrodora essential oils showed higher mortality rates than individual essential oils, with low LC50 and LC90 values in A. aegypti (3.625; 58.962 ppm), A. stephensi (3.245; 34.473 ppm) and C. quinquefasciatus (3.002; 30.153 ppm). Nano-emulsion exhibited toxic effects similar to combination group with LC50 and LC90 values in A. aegypti (5.344; 113.362 ppm), A. stephensi (3.183; 83.112 ppm) and C. quinquefasciatus (2.832; 166.665 ppm). Chemical constituents of both essential oil were analyzed using GC-MS and FT-IR, result showed E. grandis contain different compounds namely; alpha-pinene, (31.74%); o-cymene, (17.84%); Eucalyptol (16.24%); Bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (3.2%) and C. citrodora showed Citronellol (49.31%); dl-Isopulegol (25.39%) as a major compound while their synergistic action may be due to type’s composition of EOs might produce the synergist effect along with nanoemulsions. Our findings suggest that combination of essential oil E. grandis and C. citrodora can be used for mosquito control as green approach.