Argentine plants as potential source of insecticidal compounds

J Ethnopharmacol. 1999 Nov 1;67(2):219-23. doi: 10.1016/s0378-8741(98)00216-5.

Abstract

CH2Cl2 and MeOH extracts of 15 Argentine plants used locally as insecticides, were evaluated for their insecticidal activity. Chenopodium multifidum L. (Chenopodiaceae); Flaveria bidentis (L.) O.K. (Compositae); Aristolochia argentina Gris. (Aristolochiaceae) and Tagetes erecta L. (Compositae) showed a significant activity against Sitophilus oryzae.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Analysis of Variance
  • Animals
  • Argentina
  • Drug Evaluation
  • Insecta
  • Insecticides / isolation & purification
  • Insecticides / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Insecticides
  • Plant Extracts