Systematic Phytochemical Screening of Different Organs of Calotropis procera and the Ovicidal Effect of Their Extracts to the Foodstuff Pest Cadra cautella

Bader, Ammar; Omran, Ziad; Al-Asmari, Ahmed I.; Santoro, Valentina; Tommasi, Nunziatina De; DʼAmbola, Massimiliano; Piaz, Fabrizio Dal; Conti, Bárbara; Bedini, Stefano; Halwani, Majed

doi:10.3390/molecules26040905

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“…Finally, in a recent study it was found that extracts of Calotripis procera roots displayed the most potent activity, with 50% of E. cautella Walker eggs not hatching at 10.000 ppm (1%). The chemical composition analysis of the extracts demonstrated a high presence of cardenolides, including calactin, uscharidin, 15β-hydroxy-calactin, 16β-hydroxy-calactin and 12β-hydroxy-calactin [162]. When five Eucalyptus species, namely, E. camaldulensis, E. astringens, E. leucoxylon, E. lehmannii and E. rudis, were assessed for their fumigant activity on Ephestia spp., the E. camaldulensis essential oil was more toxic against E. cautella and Ephestia kuehniella Zeller and the LC 50 values were 11.07 and 26.73 µL/L air, respectively.…”

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Controlling Stored Products’ Pests with Plant Secondary Metabolites: A Review

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To date, only a handful of pesticides have been authorized by the European Council for the protection of stored grains. Resistance issues and ecotoxicity concerns necessitate the development of ecofriendly tools in that direction. In this review, we refer to the recent findings on plant extracts and pure plant-derived substances with promising biological activity and the potential to be used as biopesticides for stored products. The main aim of biopesticides is to be effective against target pests, without harming humans and the environment. Many plant species, among those reported herein, are part of the human diet, and are thus not harmful to humans. Edible plant extracts produced with inorganic solvents represent safe candidates for use as repellants, fumigants or contact pesticides. Cinnamon, rosemary, parsley, garlic, oregano and basil are found in products destined for human consumption but also display significant biological activities. Interestingly, cinnamon is one of the most widely tested botanical matrixes, exhibiting the best lethal effects on almost all insect and mite taxa reported herein (Acaroidea, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera), followed by basil and garlic. Prunus persica,Azadirachta indica A. Juss and Carum sp. seem to be very promising too as miticides and/or insecticides, with A. indica already being represented commercially by a plant-derived acaricidal formulation.

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Controlling Stored Products’ Pests with Plant Secondary Metabolites: A Review

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“…Calotropis procera is known to possess various medicinal properties, rarely known for its toxicity. All parts of C.procera are reputed to be toxic to humans, cattle, sheep, rabbits, and rats, may die from C. procera poisoning, bactericidal, larvicidal and cytotoxic effects [37,38]. Although the latex of C. procera is known to possess various medicinal properties, it is rarely known for its toxicity.…”

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Potential of Endophytic Fungi to Reduce Calotropis Procera Leaves Toxicity in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Najjar¹,

Alharbi²,

Bohkari³

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Calotropis procera (Ushar) leaves are frequently used in traditional medicine to treat several diseases. However, the plant contains toxic compounds rendering it unsafe material. Hence, the objective of this study was to treat C. procera dried leaves powder by bioprospecting for fungal endophytes to be a safe applications. Three selected fungal isolates including Cladosporium sphaerospermum, Cochliobolus lunata and Cochliobolus sp.were used for the reduction of C. procera dried leaves powder toxicity. Sporulation of each of these fungi was increased in the presence of 2 g more than 1 g of dried leaves powder in PDB media at 25°C within 4 weeks of incubation. Also, C. sphaerospermum, Cochliobolus sp., and C. lunata were tested for their ability to reduce the toxicity of C. procera dried leaves powder by using thin-layer chromatography (TLC). Only C. sphaerospermum showed the ability to reduce the Calactin toxin presented in powdered leaves Furthermore, the toxicity test of dried leaves powder treated by C. sphaerospermum showed significant (100%) survival of the adult earthworm Lumbricusrubellus compared to the negative control, which induced 100% mortality of worms. These results were also comparable with C. sphaerospermum powdered mycelium, which showed no signs of toxicity. It can be concluded that fungal endophytes such as C. sphaerospermum are promising candidates for eliminating leaves toxicity.

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“…More recently, the ovicidal effect of extracts of Calotropis procera to the Pest Cadra cautella. The extracts displayed a good activity with 50% of C. cautella eggs not hatching at 10.000 ppm (1%) [24]. Recently, [25] have estimated the biological activity of plant extracts on the small tomato borer Neoleucinodes elegantalis.…”

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Ovicidal Activity and Phytochemical Analysis of some Spontaneous Plants Extracts Against Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller) Lepidoptera: Pyralidae

Bekiri,

Idder-Ighili,

Guezoul

et al. 2023

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The use of aqueous extracts as alternative solutions that significantly reduce to the damage caused by pests like Ectomyelois ceratoniae. This work presents in-vitro tests that are successfully applied to evaluate the ovicidal activity of four spontaneous plants aqueous extracts, as, Rosmarinus officinalis, Peganum harmala, Thymus vulgaris and Artemisia herbaalba againt the moth eggs. The results showed a highly significant effect for T. vulgaris and A. herba-alba, sometimes reaching 100%, followed by R. officinalis, then P. harmala which was not present any effect on this pest eggs. T. vulgaris and A. herba-alba showed a strong inhibition of egg hatching. It exceeds 93 % mortality for a concentration of 0.12 mL/mL. For R. officinalis at 0.18 mL/mL concentration present a 72% mortality. While at 0.12 mL/mL, the mortality was 40%. The lethal doses to inhibit 50 and 90 % of the eggs were estimated to confirm the efficiency of the aqueous extracts , stronger results shows, respectively (0.014 mL and 0.062 mL) from T. vulgaris and (0.019 mL and 0.069 mL) from A. herba-alba. This work originally explores the benefits of some kinds of plants that are largely available and inexpensive for the biotreatment of carob moth eggs.

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Systematic Phytochemical Screening of Different Organs of Calotropis procera and the Ovicidal Effect of Their Extracts to the Foodstuff Pest Cadra cautella

Cited by 12 publications

References 39 publications

Controlling Stored Products’ Pests with Plant Secondary Metabolites: A Review

Controlling Stored Products’ Pests with Plant Secondary Metabolites: A Review

Potential of Endophytic Fungi to Reduce Calotropis Procera Leaves Toxicity in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ovicidal Activity and Phytochemical Analysis of some Spontaneous Plants Extracts Against Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller) Lepidoptera: Pyralidae

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