[The biological activity of Ricinus communis on the housefly (Musca domestica)].
The insecticide effect of a lectin obtained from Ricinus communis (castor-oil plant) on a population of houseflies from San José de Las Lajas was evaluated. Assays were performed with adults and larvae. Mortality was higher as the time f exposure to the extract increased DL50 was of 353.4 p.p.m. after 72 hours of exposure. It was observed a remarkedly significant reduction of the pupal development in the presence of the extract, which shows its insecticide activity.
Alvarez Montes de Oca
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Laboratorio de Investigaciones del SIDA, San José de Las Lajas, provincia de La Habana, Cuba.
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Villarrubia Montes de Oca
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Menéndez de San Pedro
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D000818:Animals; D003462:Cuba; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006793:Houseflies; D007306:Insecticides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D010944:Plants; D011679:Pupa; D012276:Ricin / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013997:Time Factors
D007306:Insecticides; D012276:Ricin