Objective:To determine chemical composition of the hydrodistilled essential oil of Blumea martiniana,and to evaluate its larvicidal activity against Anopheles anthropophagus,the natural vector of malaria.Methods:Chemi...Objective:To determine chemical composition of the hydrodistilled essential oil of Blumea martiniana,and to evaluate its larvicidal activity against Anopheles anthropophagus,the natural vector of malaria.Methods:Chemical composition of essential oils extracted by steam distillation was investigated by gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy(GC-MS).Larvicidal activity of essential oil and its four main compounds was carried out by WHO method.Twenty larvae of early fourth-instar stage were used in the larvicidal assay and five replicates were maintained for each concentration.The 24 h LC<sub>50</sub> and LC<sub>90</sub> values were determined following probit analysis.Results:Totally 68 compounds corresponding to 98.55%of the total oil were identified and the major constituents of essential oil were:linalool(10.36%),germacrene D(9.09%), borneol(6.24%),γ-terpinene(5.38%).The oil and linalool,germacrene D,bomeol,γ-terpinene exerted significant larvicidal activity with LC<sub>50</sub> values of 46.86,35.87,44.61,35.89,and 29.21 mg/L, respectively.It also showed a dose dependent effect on mortality.Conclusions:The essential oil of Blumea martiniana and its four major compounds may have potential for use in control of Anopheles anthropophagus larvae and could be useful in search of newer,safer and more effective natural compounds as larvicides.展开更多
Anopheles sinensis and An. anihropophagus are two morphologically indistinguishable yet genetically and behaviorally distinct mosquito species that vary dramatically in their importance as vectors of malaria inChina. ...Anopheles sinensis and An. anihropophagus are two morphologically indistinguishable yet genetically and behaviorally distinct mosquito species that vary dramatically in their importance as vectors of malaria inChina. The sequence of the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) was determined for bothspecies to assess the species differentiation. The lengths of ITS2 was 468 hp for An. sinensis and 452 hp forAn. anthropophagus. Interspecies difference in sequence was 28. 8%. Intraspecies sequence divergence wasnegligible. A PCR method was developed for distinguishing the two species based on the species-specific variations of the ITS2 sequences. The method would amplify a diagnostic fragment in length of 425 hp for An.sinensis and 253 hp for An. anthropophagus. Field collections from 12 localities in 10 provinces of China weretested. In 440 mosquitoes identified by adult morphological characteristics as An. sinensis, 291 (66. 2 % ) wereidentified later as An. sinensis and 56 (12. 7 % ) as An. anthropophagus, the remaining 93 (22. 1 % ) were notamplified by PCR. The results showed that the morphological characteritics of adult was not reliable for fieldidentification. The PCR assay was a simple, fast and reliable method for species identification.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50676041)financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20676041)
文摘Objective:To determine chemical composition of the hydrodistilled essential oil of Blumea martiniana,and to evaluate its larvicidal activity against Anopheles anthropophagus,the natural vector of malaria.Methods:Chemical composition of essential oils extracted by steam distillation was investigated by gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy(GC-MS).Larvicidal activity of essential oil and its four main compounds was carried out by WHO method.Twenty larvae of early fourth-instar stage were used in the larvicidal assay and five replicates were maintained for each concentration.The 24 h LC<sub>50</sub> and LC<sub>90</sub> values were determined following probit analysis.Results:Totally 68 compounds corresponding to 98.55%of the total oil were identified and the major constituents of essential oil were:linalool(10.36%),germacrene D(9.09%), borneol(6.24%),γ-terpinene(5.38%).The oil and linalool,germacrene D,bomeol,γ-terpinene exerted significant larvicidal activity with LC<sub>50</sub> values of 46.86,35.87,44.61,35.89,and 29.21 mg/L, respectively.It also showed a dose dependent effect on mortality.Conclusions:The essential oil of Blumea martiniana and its four major compounds may have potential for use in control of Anopheles anthropophagus larvae and could be useful in search of newer,safer and more effective natural compounds as larvicides.
文摘Anopheles sinensis and An. anihropophagus are two morphologically indistinguishable yet genetically and behaviorally distinct mosquito species that vary dramatically in their importance as vectors of malaria inChina. The sequence of the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) was determined for bothspecies to assess the species differentiation. The lengths of ITS2 was 468 hp for An. sinensis and 452 hp forAn. anthropophagus. Interspecies difference in sequence was 28. 8%. Intraspecies sequence divergence wasnegligible. A PCR method was developed for distinguishing the two species based on the species-specific variations of the ITS2 sequences. The method would amplify a diagnostic fragment in length of 425 hp for An.sinensis and 253 hp for An. anthropophagus. Field collections from 12 localities in 10 provinces of China weretested. In 440 mosquitoes identified by adult morphological characteristics as An. sinensis, 291 (66. 2 % ) wereidentified later as An. sinensis and 56 (12. 7 % ) as An. anthropophagus, the remaining 93 (22. 1 % ) were notamplified by PCR. The results showed that the morphological characteritics of adult was not reliable for fieldidentification. The PCR assay was a simple, fast and reliable method for species identification.