Insecticidal activity of certain medicinal plants
Language English Country Netherlands Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
15567255
DOI
10.1016/j.fitote.2004.08.005
PII: S0367-326X(04)00196-0
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Ocimum basilicum MeSH
- Origanum MeSH
- Phytotherapy * MeSH
- Inhibitory Concentration 50 MeSH
- Insecticides pharmacology MeSH
- Larva drug effects MeSH
- Plants, Medicinal * MeSH
- Plant Extracts pharmacology MeSH
- Salvia officinalis MeSH
- Spodoptera drug effects MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Insecticides MeSH
- Plant Extracts MeSH
The methanol extracts of eight species of medicinal plants were tested for insecticidal activity in third instar larvae of Egyptian cottonworm (Spodoptera littoralis). All extracts showed a certain degree of larval toxicity. The extracts of Ocimum basilicum, Origanum majorana and Salvia officinalis appeared to be highly toxic. The extracts significantly affected the growth indexes [relative growth rate (RGR), efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI), efficiency of conversion of digested food (ECD)].
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