Preliminary evaluation of anti-termitic activity of<i>Prosopis juliflora</i>leaf extract against<i>Macrotermes</i>spp (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Bezuneh, Terefe Tafese; Derressa, Hinsermu Daba; Duraisam, Ramesh; Tura, Alemu Mekonnen

doi:10.1080/23311843.2018.1564170

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“…The mortality percentage increased with the concentration in a time dependent manner [62]. In nursery conditions, the aqueous leaf extract is efficient in the control of Tetranychus bastosi on Jatropha curcas at LC 50 and LC 90 values of 53.4% and 85.3%, respectively.…”

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confidence: 91%

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The Potential of Piperidine Alkaloids-rich Extracts from Prosopis spp. to Combat Plant Pests and Diseases

Muro-Medina

García-Morales

Caltempa

et al. 2022

IJBcRR

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The genus Prosopis comprises 44 species of spiny small trees adapted to arid and semiarid regions of the planet that have been used by human populations as a source of wood, food and medicine. Prosopis spp. possess high quantities of phenolic compounds and piperidine alkaloids with antioxidant, neurotoxic, antimicrobial, antimalarial, insecticidal and allelopathic activities. Juliprosopine is the major and more characterized piperidine alkaloid present in the genus Prosopis. In this review we present the potential of Prosopis spp. extracts and piperidine alkaloids for the control of plant pests and diseases and discuss the possibility of their use as an alternative in organic agriculture.

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“…Most of the phytochemical studies have been carried out in the aerial parts of Prosopis spp. In P. juliflora leaves extracts have been detected alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, anthraquinones, and coumarins [31,33,37,41,43,[60][61][62]. Similarly compounds that are present in the leaves are also present in the P. juliflora spines.…”

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The Potential of Piperidine Alkaloids-rich Extracts from Prosopis spp. to Combat Plant Pests and Diseases

Muro-Medina

García-Morales

Caltempa

et al. 2022

IJBcRR

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“…29 In his studies, the insecticidal activity of Lantana camara oil extract against maize grain weevils was observed to increase with exposure time. The study by Bezuneh et al 30 on Prosopis juliflora leaf extract against Macrotermes spp (Isoptera: Termitidae) showed that the mortality of termites increased with increased concentration and time of exposure.…”

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Repellency and Toxicity of Selected Fractions, Identified Compounds and Blends of Commiphora africana Resin Against Bedbugs

Wairagu

Wachira

Githiomi

et al. 2022

Natural Product Communications

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Bedbugs are blood-feeding arthropods that cause anemia in humans upon heavy feeding. Control measures are unsuccessful due to resistance to development, environmental pollution, and cost. There is a need to explore natural herbal-based phytochemicals to combat bedbugs. In this study, compounds from Comiphora africana resin were sequentially extracted, fractionated, identified, and evaluated against bedbugs as individual compounds and in combinations. The chemical constituents of the most active fraction were identified using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Results showed that the dichloromethane crude extract had the highest mean repellency (98.5% with an LC50 of 4.96 mg/L after 24 and 72 h of exposure time, respectively), similar to the positive control (neocidol). Column chromatographic separation of the dichloromethane extract yielded 9 fractions where “FR7” (eluted with 60% n-hexane in ethyl acetate) demonstrated the highest mean repellency of 79.0% with an LC50 of 10.12 mg/L after 2 and 24 h exposure times, respectively. From the identified compounds of FR7, cedrol had significantly ( P < .05) higher mean repellency (80.5%) after 6 h of exposure and toxicity (27.43 mg/L) after 24 h exposure. A six-constituent blend of compounds from FR7 [9-octadecenoic acid-ethyl-ester, octadecadien-1-ol, citronellyl formate, cedrol, n-hexadecanoic acid, (1,2)-dihydro-6-methoxy-naphthalene] had the highest mean repellency (93.4% after 12 h exposure) and toxicity (8.83 mg/L after 72 h exposure) than the other blends and individual compounds. This study reports fractions/compounds that can be used in bedbug control measures.

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Prosopis as a source of biopesticides

Patnaik,

Tabassum-Abbasi,

Abbasi

2024

Prosopis Juliflora

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Preliminary evaluation of anti-termitic activity ofProsopis julifloraleaf extract againstMacrotermesspp (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

The Potential of Piperidine Alkaloids-rich Extracts from Prosopis spp. to Combat Plant Pests and Diseases

The Potential of Piperidine Alkaloids-rich Extracts from Prosopis spp. to Combat Plant Pests and Diseases

Repellency and Toxicity of Selected Fractions, Identified Compounds and Blends of Commiphora africana Resin Against Bedbugs

Prosopis as a source of biopesticides

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