A review of resistance mechanisms of synthetic insecticides and botanicals, phytochemicals, and essential oils as alternative larvicidal agents against mosquitoes

S Senthil-Nathan - Frontiers in physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mosquitoes are a serious threat to the society, acting as vector to several dreadful diseases.
Mosquito management programes profoundly depend on the routine of chemical …

Plant Natural Products for the Control of Aedes aegypti: The Main Vector of Important Arboviruses

MRS Silvério, LS Espindola, NP Lopes, PC Vieira - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The mosquito species Aedes aegypti is one of the main vectors of arboviruses, including
dengue, Zika and chikungunya. Considering the deficiency or absence of vaccines to …

Ecotoxicity of plant extracts and essential oils: A review

CA Ferraz, MR Pastorinho, A Palmeira-de-Oliveira… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant-based products such as essential oils and other extracts have been used for centuries
due to their beneficial properties. Currently, their use is widely disseminated through a …

Essential oils from Acacia nilotica (Fabales: Fabaceae) seeds: May have insecticidal effects?

V Perumal, S Kannan, S Pittarate, R Chinnasamy… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
In the present study Acacia nilotica seed derived essential oils were tested against
Spodoptera litura, Tenebrio molitor, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis, and Aphis fabae, as well as …

[HTML][HTML] Toxic and synergetic effect of plant essential oils along with nano-emulsion for control of three mosquito species

P Vivekanandhan, S Panikar, V Sethuraman… - Journal of natural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nano-emulsion containing Eucalyptus grandis (W. Hill ex Maiden) and Corymbia citrodora
(Hook.) KD Hill & LAS Johnson (common synonym Eucalyptus citriodora Hook.) leaf …

Antifeedant and larvicidal activity of bioactive compounds isolated from entomopathogenic fungi Penicillium sp. for the control of agricultural and medically important …

M Arunthirumeni, G Vinitha, MS Shivakumar - Parasitology International, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of chemical insecticides in agriculture has posed several challenges to environment
and ecosystem health. Pesticides of biological origin are considered to be suitable for …

Essential oils and their chemical constituents against Aedes aegypti L.(Diptera: Culicidae) larvae

TRSA Luz, LSS de Mesquita, FMM do Amaral… - Acta Tropica, 2020 - Elsevier
This review focused on the toxicity of essential oils and their constituents against Aedes
aegypti L.(Diptera, Culicidae) larvae, a key vector of important arboviral diseases, such as …

Comparative efficacy of Eucalyptus globulus (Labill) hydrodistilled essential oil and temephos as mosquito larvicide

P Vivekanandhan, A Usha-Raja-Nanthini… - Natural product …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this study Eucalyptus globulus essential oil was tested on major mosquito species and
toxicity was compared with temephos. Mortality was calculated after 24 h and 48 h post …

Biocontrol efficacy of cajeput oil against Anopheles stephensi L. mosquito and its effect on non-target species

P Vivekanandhan, TA Alahmadi, MJ Ansari… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Chemical insecticides are effective at controlling mosquito populations, but their excessive
use can pollute the environment and harm non-target organisms. Mosquitoes can also …

Aspergillus flavus (Link) toxins reduces the fitness of dengue vector Aedes aegypti (Linn.) and their non-target toxicity against aquatic predator

P Vasantha-Srinivasan, S Karthi… - Microbial …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mosquito that accountable for dispersal of dengue fever is Aedes aegypti Linn. and
considered to be a chief vector for dengue especially in South Asian countries. Aspergillus …