Review Article

Larvicidal Potential of Caribbean Plants

Table 1

Chemical composition and larvicidal potency of botanical agents in the Caribbean.

Plant speciesPlant familyCountryPlant extractMajor compound (s)Targeted species24 hr (ppm)Reference

Eugenia melanadeniaMyrtaceaeCubaLeaf EONDAedes aegypti (CAREC)85[17]

Psidium rotundatumMyrtaceaeCubaLeaf EONDAedes aegypti (CAREC)63[17]

Piper auritumPiperaceaeCubaLeaf EOSafrolAedes aegypti (ROCK)17[25]

Pimenta racemosaMyrtaceaeCubaLeaf EO4-terpineol, 1,8-cineol, eugenol, α-terpineolAedes aegypti (ROCK)27[25]

Chenopodium ambrosioidesAmaranthaceaeCubaLeaf EOCarvacrol, α-terpineol, p-cymeneAedes aegypti (ROCK)35[25]

Piper aduncumPiperaceaeCubaLeaf EODillapioleAedes aegypti (ROCK)57[25]

Pinus tropicalisPinaceaeCubaTurpentine oilNDAedes aegypti (SDP)5.8[27]
Aedes aegypti (ROCK)2.3

Melaleuca quinquenerviaMyrtaceaeCubaLeaf EO1,8-cineol, α-pinene, β-pinene, aterpineol, limonene, viridiflorolAedes aegypti (FS)47[29]
Aedes albopictus (FS)49
Culex quinquefasciatus (FS)21
Aedes aegypti (ROCK)47

Piper aduncum subsp. OssanumPiperaceaeCubaLeaf EONDAedes aegypti (FS)36[30]
Aedes albopictus (FS)57.3
Culex quinquefasciatus (FS)59.5
Aedes aegypti (ROCK)35.3

Ocimim basilicumLamiaceaeCubaLeaf EONDAedes aegypti (FS)47.5[30]
Aedes albopictus (FS)9.5
Culex quinquefasciatus (FS)31.4
Aedes aegypti (ROCK)46.9

Eucalyptus globulusMyrtaceaeCubaLeaf EOp-cymene, γ-terpinene, 1,8-cineolAedes aegypti (FS)13.1[10]
Aedes albopictus (FS)91.2
Culex quinquefasciatus (FS)20.9
Aedes aegypti (ROCK)27.6

Bursera graveolensBurseraceaeCubaLeaf EOLimonene and β-elemeneAedes aegypti (FS)32.5[10]
Aedes albopictus (FS)31.8
Culex quinquefasciatus (FS)31.5
Aedes aegypti (ROCK)10.1

Croton linearisEuphorbiaceaeCubaLeaf EO1,8-cineole, sabinene, 10-epi-γ-eudesmolAedes aegypti (LS)64.24
17.86§
[33]

Alpinia zerumbetZingiberaceaeMartiniqueFlower EOTerpinen-4-ol, p-cymene, γ-terpinene, sabinene, eucalyptol, α-terpineneAedes aegypti (SBE)ND[34]

Justicia pectoralisAcanthaceaeTrinidadLeaf ethyl acetateNDAedes aegypti (LS)ND[39]

Manihot utilissimaEuphorbiaceaeTrinidadLeaf ethyl acetateNDAedes aegypti (LS)ND[39]

Stachytarpheta jamaicensisVerbenaceaeTrinidadLeaf ethyl acetateNDAedes aegypti (LS)ND[39]

Cordia curassavicaBoraginaceaeTrinidadMethanol
Acetone
Aqueous
NDAedes aegypti (FS)758
>1,059
195,000
[41]

Azadirachta indicaMeliaceaeTrinidadMethanol
Acetone
Aqueous
NDAedes aegypti (FS)5,767
9,148.3
974,000
[41]

Mangifera indicaAnacardiaceaeTrinidadMethanol
Acetone
Aqueous
NDAedes aegypti (FS)>20,000
8,828
31,0000
[41]

Rhizophora mangleRhizophoraceaeTrinidadMethanol
Acetone
Aqueous
NDAedes aegypti (FS)>20,000
14,173
676,000
[41]

Avicennia germinansAcanthaceaeTrinidadMethanol
Acetone
Aqueous
NDAedes aegypti (FS)10,465.5
>15,000
40,0000
[41]

Languncularia racemosaCombretaceaeTrinidadMethanol
Acetone
Aqueous
NDAedes aegypti (FS)>20,000
>15,000
625,000
[41]

EO: essential oil; ND: not determined; CAREC: Caribbean epidemiology centre strain; ROCK: Rockefeller strain; SDP: San Miguel del Padrón 2011 strain; FS: field strain; LS: laboratory strain; SBE: Société Béninoise d’Electricité strain; §nanoemulsion.