Exploring essential oils of Slovak medicinal plants for insecticidal activity: The case of Thymus alternans and Teucrium montanum subsp. jailae
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/food-and-chemical-toxicology/vol/138/suppl/C" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/food-and-chemical-toxicology/vol/138/suppl/C</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2020.111203" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.fct.2020.111203</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Exploring essential oils of Slovak medicinal plants for insecticidal activity: The case of Thymus alternans and Teucrium montanum subsp. jailae
Original language description
Thymus alternans and Teucrium montanum subsp. jailae are medicinal and aromatic plants, typical of Slovakian flora, producing bioactive essential oils. In the present study, we evaluated the insecticidal potential of the essential oils, obtained by hydrodistillation from the plant aerial parts and analysed by GC-MS, as insecticidal agents. For the purpose, they were assayed against three insect species acing as agricultural pests or vectors of medical relevance, such as the common housefly, Musca domestica L., the lymphatic filariasis vector, Culex quinquefasciatus and the Egyptian cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis; a-cypermethrin was tested as positive control. The two essential oils exhibited a different chemical profile, with monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes being the main fractions in the essential oils from Th. alternans and T. montanum subsp. jailae, respectively. Insecticidal tests showed that the T. montanum essential oil was effective against S. littoralis (LD 50(90) = 56.7 (170.0) mu g larva(-1)) and Cx. quinquefasciatus larvae (LC50(90) = 180.5 (268.7) mg L-1), whereas T. alternans essential oil displayed good toxicity against M. domestica adults (LD50(90) = 103.7 (223.9) mu g adult(-1)). Overall, our results add useful knowledge about the potential of Slovakian flora as a source of botanicals for the eco-friendly management of insect pests and vectors.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Food and Chemical Toxicology
ISSN
0278-6915
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
183
Issue of the periodical within the volume
APR 2020
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
111203
UT code for WoS article
000542938400013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85079625515