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Title: | Potential control of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) with Piper aduncum L. (Piperaceae) extracts demonstrated by chromosomal biomarkers and toxic effects on interphase nuclei. |
Authors: | Rafael, Míriam Silva Hereira-Rojas, W. J. Roper, James J. Nunomura, Sergio Massayoshi Tadei, Wanderli Pedro |
Keywords: | Plant Extract Aedes Animals Chemistry Cytology Drug Effect Female Growth, Development And Aging Interphase Larva Mosquito Piperaceae Aedes Animal Female Interphase Larva Mosquito Control Piper Plant Extracts |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Genetics and Molecular Research |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 7, Número 3, Pags. 772-781 |
Abstract: | Dillapiol, a phenylpropanoid isolate from essential oils of leaves of Piper aduncum (Piperaceae), has insecticidal, fungicidal and antimicrobial activities. The insecticidal activity of dillapiol was tested in vivo on the larvae and pupae of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito vector of dengue. Specifically, the effect of dillapiol on the formation of micronuclei and chromosome aberrations was analyzed. Dillapiol treatments comprised two concentrations of 200 and 400 micro dissolved in well water, and a pure well water control used to rear four generations of mosquitoes. Micronuclei occurred in mitotic diploid and tetraploid chromosomes of larvae; nuclear abnormalities also occurred in interphase, metaphase, telophase, and single nucleus cells of pupae. Mortality, oviposition, chromosome breakage, and anaphase bridges were significantly greater in the extract treatments than in controls. The genotoxic effects of dillapiol described here suggest that this natural product may be a useful alternative for the control of A. aegypti. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.4238/vol7-3gmr481 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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