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The bioactive metabolites of someAllium plants, all exhibiting interesting pharmacological activities, were tested for their attractive/repellent activity against saw-toothed grain beetle,Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), rice weevil,Sitophilus oryzae (L.), and rust-red flour beetle,Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), insects infesting the stored-products.
The data obtained showed significant repellent effect of the thiosulfinates againstS. oryzae.
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Part 6 in the series “Chemistry of the genus Allium”.
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Trematerra, P., Lanzotti, V. The activity of some compounds extracts byAllium on stored-product insectsOryzaephilus surinamensis (L.),Sitophilus oryzae (L.) andTribolium castaneum (Herbst). Anz. Schadlingskde., Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz 72, 122–125 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02770708
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