Larvicidal activity of Ottonia anisum metabolites against Aedes aegypti: A potential natural alternative source for mosquito vector control in Brazil - Concepedia

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Larvicidal activity of Ottonia anisum metabolites against Aedes aegypti: A potential natural alternative source for mosquito vector control in Brazil

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2017

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André Mesquita Marques, Leosvaldo S. M. Velozo, Michelle A Carvalho, Michele Teixeira Serdeiro, Nildimar Alves Honório, Maria Auxiliadora Coelho Kaplan, Marise Maleck

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Abstract

The metabolite 1-butyl-3,4-methylenedioxybenzene showed potent toxicity against Ae. aegypti larvae. This arylbutanoid agent could be used as a natural alternative adjuvant pesticide, in new compositions that would be environmentally safer.