Cyclopaldic Acid, Seiridin, and Sphaeropsidin A as Fungal Phytotoxins, and Larvicidal and Biting Deterrents against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Structure …

…, A Ali, N Tabanca, IA Khan, A Evidente

Index: Cimmino, Alessio; Andolfi, Anna; Avolio, Fabiana; Ali, Abbas; Tabanca, Nurhayat; Khan, Ikhlas A.; Evidente, Antonio Chemistry and Biodiversity, 2013 , vol. 10, # 7 p. 1239 - 1251

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Abstract

Abstract Aedes aegypti L. is the major vector of the arboviruses responsible for dengue fever, one of the most devastating human diseases. From a preliminary screening of fungal phytotoxins, cyclopaldic acid (1), seiridin (2), sphaeropsidin A (4), and papyracillic acid (5) were evaluated for their biting deterrent and larvicidal activities against Ae. aegypti L. Because compounds 1, 2, 4, and 5 exhibited mosquito biting deterrent activities and 1 and ...