Larvicidal Activity of Steroidal Saponins from Dracaena arborea on Aedes albopictu.

We report about the isolation of steroidal saponins from Dracaena arborea, evidencing their larvicidal activity against A. albopictus by biological essays. In specific, spiroconazole A demonstrated the best larvicidal activity, showing LT50 value of 57.23 hours at 25 ppm. We finally discuss about the value of this finding. PMID: 27455904 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology - July 24, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Nya PC, Moretti R, Nicoletti M, Calvitti M, Tomassini L Tags: Curr Pharm Biotechnol Source Type: research

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