title: Repellency and Larvicidal Activity of Essential oils from Xylopia laevigata, Xylopia frutescens, Lippia pedunculosa, and Their Individual Compounds against Aedes aegypti Linnaeus.
abstract: In order to find new alternatives for vector control and personal protection, we evaluated the larvicidal and repellent activity of essentials oils from plants found in the Northeast of Brazil against Aedes aegypti Linnaeus mosquitoes. The plants tested include Xylopia laevigata, Xylopia frutescens, and Lippia pedunculosa and their major compounds, piperitenone oxide, and (R)-limonene. The essential oil of L. pedunculosa and its major volatile compounds were shown to be toxic for Ae. aegypti larvae with a LC50lower than 60 ppm. The essential oil of plants from the Xylopia genus, on the other hand, showed no activity against Ae. aegypti, proving to be toxic to mosquito larvae only when concentrations were higher than 1000 ppm. All plants tested provided some degree of protection against mosquitoes landing, but only the essential oil of L. pedunculosa and the volatile compound piperitenone oxide suppressed 100% of mosquitoes landing on human skin, in concentrations lower than 1%. Among the plants studied, the essential oil of L. pedunculosa and its volatiles compounds have shown the potential for the development of safe alternative for mosquito larvae control and protection against Ae. aegypti mosquito bites.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Graduate Program in Parasitology, Federal Univ of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brasil. ana.dia@ufs.br.|, Rua Boaventura, 1319, Bloco7, Apto 202, CEP: 31270-310, Liberdade, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. ana.dia@ufs.br.
authors.forename: A M D
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.affiliation: Dept of Morphology, Federal Univ of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brasil.
authors.forename: T D S
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Maia
authors.affiliation: Dept of Morphology, Federal Univ of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brasil.
authors.forename: T E S
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: Dept of Chemistry, Federal Univ of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brasil.
authors.forename: L R A
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.affiliation: Dept of Morphology, Federal Univ of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brasil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scher
authors.affiliation: Dept of Chemistry, Federal Univ of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pharmacy, Federal Univ of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brasil.
authors.forename: S C H
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cavalcanti
authors.affiliation: Dept of Morphology, Federal Univ of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brasil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: La Corte
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D007814:Larva; D032411:Lippia; D009032:Mosquito Control; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000633:toxicity*; D054336:Xylopia
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D009822:Oils, Volatile
keywords: Essential oils; mosquitoes; repellency; vector control