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 …

Molecular targets for components of essential oils in the insect nervous system—a review

M Jankowska, J Rogalska, J Wyszkowska… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) are lipophilic secondary metabolites obtained from plants; terpenoids
represent the main components of them. A lot of studies showed neurotoxic actions of EOs …

Plant extracts as potential mosquito larvicides

A Ghosh, N Chowdhury, G Chandra - Indian journal of medical …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Mosquitoes act as a vector for most of the life threatening diseases like malaria, yellow fever,
dengue fever, chikungunya ferver, filariasis, encephalitis, West Nile Virus infection, etc …

Mechanism of action of insecticidal secondary metabolites of plant origin

RS Rattan - Crop protection, 2010 - Elsevier
Insect pest management is facing the economic and ecological challenge worldwide due to
the human and environmental hazards caused by majority of the synthetic pesticide …

Botanical essential oils and uses as mosquitocides and repellents against dengue

M Chellappandian, P Vasantha-Srinivasan… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Plants naturally produce bioactive compounds along with many secondary metabolites
which serve as defensive chemical against herbivorers including insect pests. One group of …

[HTML][HTML] Potentiality of plants as source of insecticide principles

S Zoubiri, A Baaliouamer - Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2014 - Elsevier
In the search for alternatives to conventional insecticides, essential oils extracted from
aromatic plants have been widely investigated. Their toxicities toward insects were of …

Anti-dengue efficacy of bioactive andrographolide from Andrographis paniculata (Lamiales: Acanthaceae) against the primary dengue vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera …

ES Edwin, P Vasantha-Srinivasan, S Senthil-Nathan… - Acta tropica, 2016 - Elsevier
The current study investigated the toxic effect of the leaf extract compound andrographolide
from Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f) against the dengue vector Ae. aegypti. GC–MS …

Acetylcholinesterase: a primary target for drugs and insecticides

S Thapa, M Lv, H Xu - Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Acetylcholinesterase is a serine hydrolase that terminates the action of the
neurotransmitter acetylcholine by hydrolyzing it into acetic acid and choline. Objective: The …

Larvicidal and enzyme inhibition of essential oil from Spheranthus amaranthroids (Burm.) against lepidopteran pest Spodoptera litura (Fab.) and their impact on non …

S Murfadunnisa, P Vasantha-Srinivasan… - Biocatalysis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present investigation was highlighted the green-derived Essential oils with bio-active
derivatives of Sphaeranthus amaranthoides (Sa-EO) can be employed in larvicidal and …

Comparative Analysis of Major Mosquito Vectors Response to Seed-Derived Essential Oil and Seed Pod-Derived Extract from Acacia nilotica

P Vivekanandhan, R Venkatesan, G Ramkumar… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Botanical metabolites are increasingly realized as potential replacements to chemical
insecticides. In the present study, Acacia nilotica seed essential oil and seed pod solvent …