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September 10, 2025MoleculesOpen Access

Larvicidal Activity of Essential Oil, Hydrolate, and Aqueous Extract from Leaves of Myrciaria floribunda Against Aedes Aegypti

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ESEduarda Florencio SantosWAWevertton Marllon AnselmoELEurico Eduardo Pinto de Lemos

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Overview

Observational analysis found significant larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti, indicating essential oils can help combat insecticide resistance.

Key Points

  • The essential oil from Myrciaria floribunda exhibited larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti larvae.
  • The lethal concentration (LC50) for the essential oil was measured at 201.73 ppm and 22.46 ppm for rutin.
  • Plant extracts showed potential as natural alternatives to synthetic insecticides in mosquito control.
  • The hydrolate from Myrciaria floribunda has no observed larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti.

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Santos et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23f1fb210217d64795d7chttps://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30153116
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