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| OLIVEIRA,GISELE L.; CARDOSO,SHEILA K.; LARA JÚNIOR,CéLIO R.; VIEIRA,THALLYTA M.; GUIMARãES,ELSIE F.; FIGUEIREDO,LOURDES S.; MARTINS,ERNANE R.; MOREIRA,DAVYSON L.; KAPLAN,MARIA AUXILIADORA C.. |
| ABSTRACTPiper aduncum L. is used in folk medicine to treat respiratory and inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to analyze the essential oil from leaves ofP. aduncum collected in the Brazilian Cerrado, North of Minas Gerais, as well as to evaluate the larvicidal activity of this oil and of its major constituent. The essential oil was analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to flame ionization detector and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry that allowed characterizing 23 compounds (monoterpenes: 90.4%; sesquiterpenes: 7.0%). The major component was 1,8-cineole (53.9%). This oil showed to be very different from those obtained from the same species. Larvae of A. aegypti were exposed to different concentrations of the essential oil and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Piper aduncum Aedes aegypti larvicidal activity dengue 1; 8-cineole GC-MS. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652013000401227 |
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