Estudio de la actividad insecticida del aceite esencial de ruta graveolens y cetonas en larvas de los mosquitos Aedes aegypti y Culex quinquefasciatus

Abstract

Colombia is known for being one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity on the planet, with a variety of plants from which you can obtain essential oils, extracts, pure compounds and semi-synthetic derivatives. Essential oils, and their major components, have been intensively studied for the control of insects, and have many advantages over traditional pesticides. In this research, the methodology established by WHO to determine the susceptibility of Ae. aegypti and Cx. quinquefasciatus, in the essential oil of Ruta graveolens, 2-nonanone, and some cyclic analogues thereof, such as cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone and cyclooctanon and to the reference pesticides, where the lethal concentration (CL100) and lethal concentration were established average (LC50) for each of them. Also, studies of the inhibitory activity of the acetylcholinesterase enzyme by the essential oil and the ketones were carried out.