Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, and Bioactivities of Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze

Table 3

Insecticidal activities of Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze (Lamiaceae).

Extract/parts of the plant	Assay	Insecticidal activity	Citation
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation; Ingestion; Contact toxicity	Ceratitis capitata; Fumigation: CL50 18.37 μl/l; Ingestion: CL50 13.041 μl/l; Contact toxicity: CL50 0.066 μl/l	[30]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Callosobruchus maculatus (CL50 4.7 μg/ml); Rhyzopertha dominica (CL50 12 μg/ml); Sitophilus oryzae (CL50 10.6 μg/ml); Tribolium castaneum (CL50 23.2 μg/ml); Callosobruchus maculatus (CL50 57 μg/mg); Rhyzopertha dominica (CL50 126 μg/mg); Sitophilus oryzae (CL50 101 μg/mg); Tribolium castaneum (CL50 167 μg/mg)	[34]
Leaf essential oil	Contact toxicity	Sitophilus granarius (CL50 0.251 μL/insect)	[138]
Leaf essential oil	Ingestion	Bactrocera oleae (CL50 4.9 mg/ml)	[139]
Leaf methanolic extract	Contact	Sitophilus oryzae (CL50 475.9 μl/ml); Sitophilus zeamais CL50 707.4 μl/ml); Callosobruchus maculatus (CL50 451.2 μl/ml)	[140]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Tribolium castaneum (CL50 229.33 μg/ml)	[141]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Drosophila melanogaster (CL50 15.5 μg/ml)	[10]
Leaf infusion	Ingestion	Drosophila melanogaster (CL50  >  30.3 μg/ml)	[10]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Anopheles gambiae (CL50 1.86 μg/ml)	[35]
Leaf essential oil	Contact toxicity	Tenebroides mauritanicus (CL50 0.35 μl/g)	[142]
Leaf essential oil	Toxicity by ingestion	Apis mellifera (CL50 43.03%)	[143]
Leaf ethanolic extract	Fumigation	Callosobruchus maculatus (100% mortality (at 10% concentration)	[144]
Crushed leaves	Ingestion toxicity	Callosobruchus maculatus (CL50 73 mg/g)	[145]
Crushed leaves and flowers	Ingestion toxicity	Callosobruchus maculatus (20.1% of mortality)	[146]
Crushed leaves	Ingestion toxicity	Callosobruchus maculatus (96.6% of mortality in the concentration 43.75 mg/g); Sitophilus zeamais (30% of mortality in the concentration 43.75 mg/g)	[147]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Callosobruchus maculatus (CL50: 1.3 μl/l)	[148]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Callosobruchus maculatus (CL50: >20 μl/l)	[149]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Callosobruchus maculatus (CL50: >2.6 μl/ml)	[150]
Leaf essential oil	Fumigation	Nauphoeta cinerea (did not show insecticidal action)	[151]