Concerning human and environmental health, safe alternatives to synthetic pesticides are
urgently needed. Many of the currently used synthetic pesticides are not authorized for …

Cancer is still one of the main causes of death worldwide. For this reason, new compounds
that have chemotherapeutic potential have been identified. One such group of substances is …

Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) is an important pest of stored grain, and benzoquinones
secreted by this pest are harmful to humans. T. castaneum has developed strong resistance …

Bemisia tabaci is a threat to agriculture worldwide because of its potential to cause
devastating damage to various crops. β-asarone is a bioactive pesticidal chemical …

Background: Solanaceae plants produce glycoalkaloids (GAs) that affect various
physiological processes of herbivorous insects and they are being tested as potential …

Cyclotides and acyclic versions of cyclotides (acyclotides) are peptides involved in plant
defense. These peptides contain a cystine knot motif formed by three interlocked disulfide …

Here, we report the first evidence concerning the modulation of insect immune system
activity after applying Solanum nigrum fruit extract (EXT). We focused on two main issues:(1) …

BACKGROUND The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera:
Tenebrionidae), is an important stored‐product pest that is distributed worldwide and has …

Blastocystis sp. is one of the most frequently detected protozoa during stool specimen
examination. In the last decade, the studies about the pathogenic potential of Blastocystis …

The usage of insects as model organisms is becoming more and more common in
toxicological, pharmacological, genetic and biomedical research. Insects, such as fruit flies …