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Insecticidal volatiles from the marigold plant (genustagetes). Effect of species and sample manipulation

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Volatiles from three species of the genustagetes, commonly called marigold have been isolated and characterized. Simultaneous steam distillation extractions (SSDE) produced consistently extracts of higher insecticidal activity than Soxhlet extractions. Methylene chloride was the best solvent. Volatiles isolated from theminutae species showed higher activity than those frompatula anderecta. Comparison of extracts from the flower, foliage and roots of the plant showed that most of the activity is located in the flower. The volatiles are highly effective toward both larvae and adult mosquitoes.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, 35487-0336, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

    C. Wells & W. Bertsch

  2. U.S. Army Biomedical Research and Development Laboratory, Fort Detrick, 21702-5010, Frederick, MD, USA

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Wells, C., Bertsch, W. & Perich, M. Insecticidal volatiles from the marigold plant (genustagetes). Effect of species and sample manipulation. Chromatographia 35, 209–215 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02269705

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