Artigo aceito: “A potent larvicidal agent against Aedes aegypti mosquito from cardanol”
A potent larvicidal agent against Aedes aegypti mosquito from cardanol
Derisvaldo Rosa Paiva, Dênis Pires de Lima, Naga Prasad Avvari, Eduardo José de Arruda, Isaias Cabrini, Maria Rita Marques, Edson dos Anjos dos Santos, Francisco Carlos Biaggio, Diego Pereira Sangi, and Adilson Beatriz*
Abstract: Cardanol is a constituent of Cashew Nut Shell Liquid that presents larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti. The isolation of cardanol is somewhat troublesome, however, in this work we describe an efficient and inexpensive method to obtain it as a pure material. The compound was used as starting material to make chemical transformation leading to saturated cardanol, epoxides and, halohydrins. These derivatives were tested for toxicity against Aedes aegypti larvae. The results showed that iodohydrins are very promising compounds for making commercial products to combat the vector mosquito larvae presenting a LC50 of 0.0023 ppm after 72 h of exposure.
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências/Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. In Press. 2016.
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