[Lethal effect of Cuban Myrtaceae on Aedes aegypti (Diptera Cuilicidae)].
The biological activity of the essential foliar oils from 2 Cuban endemic Myrtaceae: Eugenia melanadenia and Psidium rotundatum on A. aegypti larvae was evaluated for the first time at the laboratory level. The probit-log analysis of the results showed the larvicidal effect of both oils with values of CL50 = 0.0085% and CL95 = 0.0104% for E. melanadenia and CL50 = 0.0063% and CL95 = 0.0071% for O. rotundatum. Besides, the diagnostic concentration for both essential oils are given and the possible implications of these findings on field populations of A. aegypti are suggessted.
Aguilera
Lucita
L
Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí", Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. ciipk@ipk.sld.cu
Navarro
Agustín
A
Tacoronte
Juan E
JE
Leyva
Maureen
M
Marquetti
María C
MC
D000330:Aedes / Q000187:drug effects*; D000818:Animals; D003462:Cuba; D027822:Myrtaceae; D018515:Plant Leaves; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000494:pharmacology*
D010938:Plant Oils