Preliminary study of the molluscicidal and larvicidal properties of some essential oils and phytochemicals from medicinal plants

This study aimed to evaluate the molluscicidal and larvicidal activity of some essential oils and phytochemicals from medicinal plants. Molluscicide and larvicidal activity were determined by, respectively, the lethality bioassays using Artemia salina Leach. Artemiidae and Aedes aegypti L. Culicidae larvae. Essential oils from Eugenia uniflora L. Myrtaceae, Laurus nobilis L. Lauraceae, Origanum vulgare L. Lamiaceae and the phytochemicals α-pinene and eugenol presented citotoxicity toward Artemia salina with CL50 values between 9.59 and 253.43 μL/mL. Essential oils from E. uniflora, M. piperita, O. vulgare and R. officinalis showed embryotoxicity on Aedes aegypti larvae with a viability inhibition between 40 and 100%. These results show the bioactivity of the assayed essential oils and phytochemicals and, partially, justify their insertion in further evaluation in order to establish a safe exploitation of their biological potentiality.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Revista Brasileira De Farmacognosia-brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy

• Publication date

  2009-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1590/S0102-695X2009000600008
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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