Antitermite Activities of C. decidua Extracts and Pure Compounds against Indian White Termite Odontotermes obesus (Isoptera : Odontotermitidae)
Joint Authors
Upadhyay, Ravi Kant
Jaiswal, Gayatri
Khanna, Leena
Ahmad, Shoeb
Jain, Subhash Chand
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-01-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In the present investigation, we have tested antitermite responses of Capparis decidua stem, root, flower, and fruit extracts and pure compounds to Odontotermes obesus in various bioassays.
Crude stem extract has shown very high susceptibility and very low LD50 values, that is, 14.171 μg/mg in worker termites.
From stem extract, three pure compounds were isolated in pure form namely, heneicosylhexadecanoate (CDS2), triacontanol (CDS3), and 2-carboxy-1, 1-dimethylpyrrolidine (CDS8) which have shown very low LD50 value in a range of 5.537–10.083 μg/mg.
Similarly, one novel compound 6-(1-hydroxy-non-3-enyl)-tetrahydropyran-2-one (CDF1) was isolated from flower extract that has shown an LD50 8.08 μg/gm.
Repellent action of compounds was tested in a Y-shaped glass olfactometer in which CDF1 compounds have significantly repelled termites to the opposite arm.
Besides this, C.
decidua extracts have shown significant reduction (P<0.05 and 0.01) in termite infestation in garden saplings when it was coated on cotton tags and employed over tree trunks.
Further, C.
deciduas stem extract was used for wood seasoning, which gave very good results as test wood sticks have shown significantly (P<0.05 and 0.01) very low termite infestation.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Upadhyay, Ravi Kant& Jaiswal, Gayatri& Ahmad, Shoeb& Khanna, Leena& Jain, Subhash Chand. 2012. Antitermite Activities of C. decidua Extracts and Pure Compounds against Indian White Termite Odontotermes obesus (Isoptera : Odontotermitidae). Psyche،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Upadhyay, Ravi Kant…[et al.]. Antitermite Activities of C. decidua Extracts and Pure Compounds against Indian White Termite Odontotermes obesus (Isoptera : Odontotermitidae). Psyche No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Upadhyay, Ravi Kant& Jaiswal, Gayatri& Ahmad, Shoeb& Khanna, Leena& Jain, Subhash Chand. Antitermite Activities of C. decidua Extracts and Pure Compounds against Indian White Termite Odontotermes obesus (Isoptera : Odontotermitidae). Psyche. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-500731
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-500731