Larvicidal Effect of a Cell-Wall Fraction Isolated from Alder Decaying Leaves |
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Authors: | Jean-Philippe David Delphine Rey Gerard Marigo Jean-Claude Meyran |
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Affiliation: | (1) UMR "Ecosystèmes et Changements Environnementaux," Centre de Biologie Alpine, Université Joseph Fourier, BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France |
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Abstract: | Decaying alder leaves in water from Alpine Aedes breeding sites, particularly their toxicity to larval Culicidae, were investigated and characterized with comparative toxicological and chemical methods. Bioassays that used third-instar Aedes aegypti as a reference species indicated that the larvicidal effect of crude leaf litter varied with decaying age of the litter, while no toxicity was detected from leaching water of the mosquito breeding sites. Ten-month-old leaf litter was the most toxic. Comparison of the different soluble and insoluble fractions obtained after sequential extraction of decomposed litter allowed us to localize the toxicity factor to an insoluble cell-wall fraction. The toxicity seems to be linked to phenolic activity. It is higher than that found for tannic acid solutions used as a reference to mimic the larvicidal effects of the molecules naturally occurring in decaying litter. The pattern of establishing the larvicidal effect of alder leaf litter in water of Alpine Aedes breeding sites is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Alder leaf litter larvicidal activity Aedes aegypti bioassays fractionation procedure phenolic activity |
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