Abstract

AGUILERA, Lucita et al. Efecto letal de myrtaceas cubanas sobre Aedes aegypti (Díptera: Culicidae). Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2003, vol.55, n.2, pp.100-104. ISSN 0375-0760.

The biological activity of the essential foliar oils from 2 Cuban endemic Myrtaceae: Eugenia melanadenia and Psidium rotundatum on A. aegypti larvae was evaluated for the first time at the laboratory level. The probit-log analysis of the results showed the larvicidal effect of both oils with values of CL50= 0.0085 % and CL95= 0.0104 % for E. melanadenia and CL50= 0.0063 % and CL95= 0.0071 % for O. rotundatum. Besides, the diagnostic concentration for both essential oils are given and the possible implications of these findings on field populations of A. aegypti are suggessted.

Keywords : DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER [diagnosis]; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; OILS, VOLATILE; CUBA.

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