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Mosquitocidal Activity of the Methanolic Extract of

Tharwat A Selim, Ibrahim E Abd-El Rahman, Hesham A Mahran, Hamza A M Adam, Vincent Imieje, Ahmed A Zaki, Mansour A E Bashar, Hossam Hwihy, Abdelaaty Hamed, Ahmed A Elhenawy and 3 more

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Article in Insects, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Tharwat A SelimZoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-3921-8448
Ibrahim E Abd-El RahmanDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 32897, Egypt.
Hesham A MahranHealth Informatics Department, College of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.
Hamza A M AdamEpidemiology Department, College of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.
Vincent ImiejeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City 300001, Nigeria.
Ahmed A ZakiPharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5462-6971
Mansour A E BasharZoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0153-2431
Hossam HwihyZoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt.
Abdelaaty HamedChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-4119-7447
Ahmed A ElhenawyChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-2893-0376
Eman S Abou-AmraOrganic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University (Girls), Nasr City, Cairo 11751, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-6267-5834
Samia E El-DidamonyZoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-4614-2237
Ahmed I HasaballahZoology and Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-1596-1958
Al-Azhar University · EGBeni-Suef University · EGJazan University · SAMansoura University · EGUniversity of Benin · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, the crude extract and its isolated compounds from the stem bark of Annickia chlorantha were tested for their larvicidal, developmental, and repellent activity against the mosquito vector, Culex pipiens, besides their toxicity to the non-target aquatic organism, the zebrafish (Danio rerio). The acute larvicidal activity of isolated compounds; namely, palmatine, jatrorrhizine, columbamine, β-sitosterol, and Annickia chlorantha methanolic extract (AC), was observed. Developmentally, the larval duration was significantly prolonged when palmatine and β-sitosterol were applied, whereas the pupal duration was significantly prolonged for almost all treatments except palmatine and jatrorrhizine, where it shortened from those in the control. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme showed different activity patterns, where it significantly increased in columbamine and β-sitosterol, and decreased in (AC), palmatine, and jatrorrhizine treatments, whereas glutathione S-transferase (GST) enzyme was significantly increased when AC methanolic extract/isolated compounds were applied, compared to the control. The adult emergence percentages were significantly decreased in all treatments, whereas tested compounds revealed non-significant (p > 0.05) changes in the sex ratio percentages, with a slight female-to-male preference presented in the AC-treated group. Additionally, the tested materials revealed repellence action; interestingly, palmatine and jatrorrhizine recorded higher levels of protection, followed by AC, columbamine, and β-sitosterol for 7 consecutive hours compared to the negative and positive control groups. The non-target assay confirms that the tested materials have very low toxic activity compared to the reported toxicity against mosquito larvae. A docking simulation was employed to better understand the interaction of the isolated compounds with the enzymes, AChE and GST. Additionally, DFT calculations revealed that the reported larvicidal activity may be due to the differing electron distributions among tested compounds. Overall, this study highlights the potential of A. chlorantha extract and its isolated compounds as effective mosquitocidal agents with a very low toxic effect on non-target organisms.

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A. chloranthabioactive compoundsC. pipiensDFTdockingnon-target

Identifiers

PMID36005300
PMCPMC9409109
OpenAlexW4288448998

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