The metabolism and role of free fatty acids in key physiological processes in insects of medical, veterinary and forensic importance

A Kaczmarek, M Boguś - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Insects are the most widespread group of organisms and more than one million species
have been described. These animals have significant ecological functions, for example they …

A scoping review on the use of different blood sources and components in the artificial membrane feeding system and its effects on blood-feeding and fecundity rate of …

Y Suresh, AH Azil, SR Abdullah - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
In some laboratories, mosquitoes' direct blood-feeding on live animals has been replaced
with various membrane blood-feeding systems. The selection of blood meal sources used in …

Octanoic Acid—An Insecticidal Metabolite of Conidiobolus coronatus (Entomopthorales) That Affects Two Majors Antifungal Protection Systems in Galleria mellonella …

A Kaczmarek, AK Wrońska, M Kazek… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The food flavour additive octanoic acid (C8: 0) is also a metabolite of the entomopathogenic
fungus Conidiobolus coronatus, which efficiently infects and rapidly kills Galleria mellonella …

Gas-liquid chromatography analysis of phospholipids and triglycerides in Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) larvae: Effect of different diets

P Soltani, RF Pourabad, M Chamani, M Darabi… - Journal of Stored …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner)(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an
important insect pest on a wide range of stored food diets. This study employed gas-liquid …

Behavioural Responses of Male Aedes albopictus to Different Volatile Chemical Compounds

D Carraretto, L Soresinetti, I Rossi, AR Malacrida… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Many studies have been performed to assess the effects of chemical
compounds on mosquito behaviour. These studies almost exclusively involve only female …

The Impact of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Conidiobolus coronatus on the Free Fatty Acid Profile of the Flesh Fly Sarcophaga argyrostoma

A Kaczmarek, MI Boguś - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The interaction between insect and fungus is characterised on the one
hand by the parasite developing more effective strategies of host exploitation, and on the …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid interactions between flaviviruses and mosquito vectors

T Vial, G Marti, D Missé, J Pompon - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mosquito-borne flaviviruses, such as dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV), yellow fever (YFV), West
Nile (WNV), and Japanese encephalitis (JEV) viruses, threaten a large part of the human …

Valorization of Deodorizing Distillate Palm Oil Residue for Larvicidal Activity Against Aedes aegypti and Synergistic Effect of Their Free Fatty Acids

AN Ribeiro, SQ Lopes, VHS Marinho, IF Araújo… - Waste and Biomass …, 2023 - Springer
Increased consumption of palm oil results in more palm oil by-products. To meet
environmental sustainability goals, deodorizing distillate palm oil (DDPO) also calls attention …

Hemocup blood feeder: An affordable and simplified blood-feeding device for maintenance of Aedes aegypti mosquito colonies in Sri Lanka

PVD Dilani, PDSU Wickramasinghe… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease mainly transmitted by Aedes aegypti and disease
control is primarily reliant on mosquito vector control strategies. In the failure of conventional …

Risk evaluation of Dengue virus transmission in Sargodha district (Punjab, Pakistan): a cross-sectional survey of Aedes mosquito infestation in houses and containers

S Naz, G Zizzo, SS Habib, A Ali, S Attaullah… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
We conducted a cross-sectional study of Aedes vectors to assess the risk of dengue
transmission and arbovirus outbreaks in Sargodha district, Pakistani Punjab. Pupae and 3rd …