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J Med Entomol

Title:		"Larvicidal Activity of Methyl Benzoate, a Volatile Organic Compound, Against the Mosquitoes Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae)"
Author(s):		Mostafiz MM; Ryu J; Akintola AA; Choi KS; Hwang UW; Hassan E; Lee KY;
Address:		"Division of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. School of Life Sciences, BK21 FOUR KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. Biomedical Convergence Science and Technology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleung-do Island, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland Gatton, Queensland, Australia"
Journal Title:		J Med Entomol
Year:		2022
Volume:		59
Issue:		2
Page Number:		788 - 794
DOI:		10.1093/jme/tjab230
ISSN/ISBN:		1938-2928 (Electronic) 0022-2585 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Methyl benzoate (MBe) is a volatile organic molecule found in various plants; it is used as an insect semiochemical. MBe also has a biorational insecticidal effect against various agricultural and urban arthropod pests. The present study was the first to assess the larvicidal potential of MBe against fourth-instar larvae of the mosquitoes Aedes albopictus (Skuse) and Culex pipiens (L.). A positive association was observed between MBe concentrations and larval mortality in both the species. The highest mortality recorded was 100% for Ae. albopictus and 56% for Cx. pipiens after 24 h of exposure to 200 ppm MBe. The lethal median concentration (LC50) values of MBe against fourth-instar larvae of Ae. albopictus and Cx. pipiens were 61 ppm and 185 ppm, respectively. These results suggest that MBe has great potential for use as an environmentally friendly larvicidal agent for mosquito control"
Keywords:		"*Aedes Animals Benzoates/pharmacology *Culex *Insecticides/chemistry/pharmacology Larva *Oils, Volatile/chemistry *Volatile Organic Compounds/pharmacology biorational insecticidal effect climate change environmentally friendly larvicide mosquito control p;"
Notes:		"MedlineMostafiz, Md Munir Ryu, Jihun Akintola, Ashraf Akintayo Choi, Kwang Shik Hwang, Ui Wook Hassan, Errol Lee, Kyeong-Yeoll eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2022/01/20 J Med Entomol. 2022 Mar 16; 59(2):788-794. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjab230"