TY - JOUR T1 - Chemical composition and larvicidal activity of essential oils from Peganum harmala, Nepeta cataria and Phellodendron amurense against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). AU - Yang,Shengxiang, AU - Bai,Mingsheng, AU - Yang,Jian, AU - Yuan,Yuan, AU - Zhang,Yamei, AU - Qin,Jianchun, AU - Kuang,Yi, AU - Sampietro,Diego A, Y1 - 2020/03/19/ PY - 2020/01/28/received PY - 2020/03/11/accepted PY - 2020/5/22/entrez PY - 2020/5/22/pubmed PY - 2020/5/22/medline KW - Aedes KW - Essential oils KW - Eugenol KW - Larvicidal activity KW - Nepetalactone compounds KW - Thymol SP - 560 EP - 564 JF - Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society JO - Saudi Pharm J VL - 28 IS - 5 N2 - Essential oils from aerial parts of the herbs Peganum harmala and Nepeta cataria, and leaves of the tree Phellodendron amurense were analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS, and their larvicidal activities were assayed on the early fourth instar larvae of Aedes aegypti. The major constituents of the oils were limonene (14.5%) and thymol (11.5%) in P. harmala, thymol (46.5%), 4aα,7α,7aβ-nepetalactone (18.3%) and 4aα,7β,7aα-neptalactone (19.7%) in N. cataria, eugenol (14.5%) andγ-eudesmol (9.5%) in P. amurense.The oil of N. cataria had a strong larvicidal activity (LC50 < 50 µg/mL; LC90 < 86.8 µg/mL) on A. aegypti while the remaining oils showed a moderated killing effect. The larvicidal activity of N. cataria oil was associated to the contents of 1,8-cineol, camphor, 4aα,7α,7aβ-Nepetalactone, 4aα,7β,7aα-Nepetalactone and thymol. Our results indicate that the oil of N. catariadeserves to be used as a source of larvicidal agents against A. aegypti. SN - 1319-0164 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/32435136/Chemical_composition_and_larvicidal_activity_of_essential_oils_from_Peganum_harmala_Nepeta_cataria_and_Phellodendron_amurense_against_Aedes_aegypti__Diptera:_Culicidae__ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -