Larvicidal Potential of the Halogenated Sesquiterpene (+)-Obtusol, Isolated from the Alga Laurencia dendroidea J. Agardh (Ceramiales: Rhodomelaceae), against the Dengue Vector Mosquito Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Culicidae)

Larvicidal Potential of the Halogenated Sesquiterpene (+)-Obtusol, Isolated from the Alga Laurencia dendroidea J. Agardh (Ceramiales: Rhodomelaceae), against the Dengue Vector Mosquito Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Culicidae)

Dengue is considered a serious public health problem in many tropical regions of the world including Brazil. At the moment, there is no viable alternative to reduce dengue infections other than controlling the insect vector, Aedes aegypti Linnaeus. In the continuing search for new sources of chemica...

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Main Authors: Orlando Salvador-Neto, Simone Azevedo Gomes, Angélica Ribeiro Soares, Fernanda Lacerda da Silva Machado, Richard Ian Samuels, Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca, Jackson Souza-Menezes, Jorge Luiz da Cunha Moraes, Eldo Campos, Flávia Borges Mury, José Roberto Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-01-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
Laurencia dendroidea
Aedes aegypti
larvicide
sesquiterpenes
(+)-obtusol
(−)-elatol
oxidative stress
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/14/2/20

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