Sugar derivatives containing oxiranes and alpha,beta-unsaturated gamma-lactones as potential environmentally friendly insecticides |
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Authors: | Justino Jorge Rauter Amélia P Canda Tana Wilkins Richard Matthews Elizabeth |
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Institution: | Escola Superior Agrária-Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Complexo Andaluz, Apartado 279, 2001-904 Santarém, Portugal. ips@ipsantarem.pt |
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Abstract: | A range of novel sugar derivatives containing oxiranes or alpha,beta-unsaturated gamma-lactones in their structure were evaluated as potential insecticides with the added possible benefit of being benign in the environment. A number of arthropod species were chosen to represent those in the terrestrial, aerial and aquatic environments, covering target adult insects such as Musca domestica L (housefly) and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (glasshouse whitefly), which are public health and horticultural pests, Drosophila melanogaster Meig (fruitfly), both adult and larva, and a marine non-target crustacean, Artemia salina L. The tested compounds possessed efficacy and selectivity against these insect species, but were not toxic to brine shrimps, a reference organism in assays to evaluate the potential toxicity hazard to invertebrates in ecosystems. |
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Keywords: | insecticides non‐toxic sugar derivatives Musca domestica Trialeurodes vaporariorum Drosophila melanogaster Artemia salina |
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