title: Insecticidal properties and chemical composition of essential oils of some aromatic herbs from Morocco.
abstract: The essential oils (EOs) of Artemisia herba alba, Rutachalepensis and Satureja calamintha aerial parts were analysed by GC/MS and the EOs were tested for their toxicity against two flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum and Tribolium confusum. EO composition showed that the major compounds were pulegone, menthone and menthol for S. calamintha, camphor and β-thujone for A. herba alba and 2-undecanone for R. chalepensis. Contact bioassay showed that all EOs were toxic to adults of T. castaneum and T. confusum. Higher toxicity was found with the EOs from S. calamintha and R. chalepensis (LD50 of 0.09-0.13 μL/cm(2) and LD90 of 0.17-0.29 μL/cm(2)). In fumigant toxicity test, A. herba alba and S. calamintha EOs produced insecticidal activity with S. calamintha EO being more toxic with LD50 and LD90 values of 10.5 and 19.1 μL/L air, respectively, for T. confusum against 7.8 and 17.4 μL/L air, respectively, for T. castaneum.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratory of Biotechnology, Protection and Valorization of Plant Resources, Faculty of Science Semlalia (URAC 35), University Cadi Ayyad , B.P. 2390, 40000 Marrakech , Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdelaziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbad
authors.forename: Ayoub
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kasrati
authors.forename: Chaima Alaoui
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Jamali
authors.forename: Safia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeroual
authors.forename: Touria
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ba M'hamed
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spooner-Hart
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019306:Artemisia / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007306:Insecticides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009018:Morocco; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D031362:Satureja / Q000737:chemistry; D014231:Tribolium / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D009822:Oils, Volatile
keywords: Artemisia herba alba; Ruta chalepensis; Satureja calamintha; Tribolium; essential oils; insecticidal activity