Department of Plant Resources, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
Aromatic Plant Research Center, Lehi, UT 84043, USA.
Molecules. 2022 Nov 17;27(22):7961. doi: 10.3390/molecules27227961.
Mosquitoes, in addition to being a biting nuisance, are vectors of several pathogenic viruses and parasites. As a continuation of our work identifying abundant and/or invasive plant species in Vietnam for use as ecologically friendly pesticidal agents, we obtained the essential oils of , , , , and ; analyzed the essential oils using gas chromatographic techniques; and screened the essential oils for mosquito larvicidal activity against and . The most active larvicidal essential oils were , which was rich in thymohydroquinone dimethyl ether (29.4%), ()-β-caryophyllene (19.7%), α-pinene (8.8%), germacrene D (7.8%), and α-humulene (4.3%), (24-h LC 23.4 and 29.1 μg/mL) on and , respectively, and , dominated by 1-undecene (41.9%) and germacrene D (11.0%), (24-h LC 30.1 and 29.6 μg/mL) on the two mosquito species. The essential oils of and were also active against mosquito larvae. Notably, , , and essential oils were not toxic to the non-target water bug, . However, essential oil showed insecticidal activity (24-h LC 48.1 μg/mL) on . Based on these results, , , and essential oils appear promising for further investigations.
蚊子不仅叮人,还是几种致病病毒和寄生虫的传播媒介。作为我们识别越南丰富和/或入侵植物物种并将其用作生态友好型杀虫剂工作的延续,我们获得了、、、、和的精油;使用气相色谱技术分析了精油;并筛选了精油对和的杀蚊幼虫活性。最具活性的杀蚊幼虫精油是,其富含百里香氢醌二甲醚(29.4%)、()-β-石竹烯(19.7%)、α-蒎烯(8.8%)、大根香叶烯 D(7.8%)和α-葎草烯(4.3%),对和的 24 小时 LC 23.4 和 29.1 μg/mL),而由 1-十一烯(41.9%)和大根香叶烯 D(11.0%)主导的,则对这两种蚊子的 24 小时 LC 30.1 和 29.6 μg/mL)。和的精油对蚊子幼虫也有活性。值得注意的是,、、和的精油对非靶标水龟虫无毒性。然而,精油对表现出杀虫活性(24 小时 LC 48.1 μg/mL)。基于这些结果,、、和的精油似乎有进一步研究的前景。