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Mosquito larvicidal efficacy of phenolic acids of seaweed Chaetomorpha antennina (Bory) Kuetz. against Aedes aegypti

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Mosquito larvicidal and repellent activities of phenolic acids of Chaetomorpha antennina (Bory) Kuetz. against the third instar larvae of Aedes aegypti were investigated. The larval mortality was observed after 24 h exposure. Results of mosquito larvicidal tests revealed that insoluble bound phenolic acids and soluble conjugated phenolic acid fractions of C. antennina had an excellent inhibitory effect against A. aegypti and its LC50 values were 23.4 and 44.6 μg ml−1, respectively. The repellency assay of insoluble bound phenolic acids and soluble conjugated phenolic acid fractions of C. antennina, at 10 μg cm−2 concentration gave 100% protection up to 120 min. The results indicate that phenolic acids of C. antennina have a wide spectrum of larvicidal and repellent activities against Aedes aegypti.

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  1. Department of Medical Biotechnology, Chettinad University, Chennai, 603 103, Tamil Nadu, India

    Subramanium Vimaladevi

  2. Department of Plant Genetics, Institute of Plant Sciences, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, 50250, Israel

    Ayyavu Mahesh

  3. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India

    Balaji N. Dhayanithi

  4. Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India

    Nattarayan Karthikeyan

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Vimaladevi, S., Mahesh, A., Dhayanithi, B.N. et al. Mosquito larvicidal efficacy of phenolic acids of seaweed Chaetomorpha antennina (Bory) Kuetz. against Aedes aegypti . Biologia 67, 212–216 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-011-0152-9

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