Review Article

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

Table 5

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

Extract/parts of the plantAssayLarvicidal activityCitation

Leaf essential oilAcute toxicityArtemia salina (CL50 49.72 μg/ml)[10]
Leaf infusionAcute toxicityArtemia salina (CL50 > 1000 μg/ml)[10]
Leaf essential oilAcute toxicityChrysodeixis chalcites (CL50 2.42 μg/ml)[32]
Essential oil from leavesAcute toxicityAedes albopictus (CL50 240.3 μg/ml)[159]
Leaf essential oilAcute toxicityAedes aegypti (CL50 0.4 μL/ml)[160]
Hexanic extract (1), diethyl ether (2), dichloromethane (3), and ethyl acetate (4) from leavesAcute toxicityAedes aegypti
1: CL50 543.66 μg/ml
2: CL50 1443.53 μg/ml
3: CL50 1292.36 μg/ml
4: CL50 853.04 μg/ml
[161]
Hexanic extract (1), diethyl ether (2), dichloromethane (3), and ethyl acetate (4) from aerial partsAcute toxicityAnopheles stephensi
1: CL50 1.52 mg/ml
2: CL50 1.49 mg/ml
3: CL50 1.39 mg/ml
4: CL50 0.94 mg/ml
[162]
Hexanic (1), isopropanolic (2), methanolic (3), acetone (4), and dimethyl sulfoxide (5) extract from the leavesAcute toxicityAedes albopictus
1: CL50 1.52 mg/ml
2: CL50 1.52 mg/ml
3: CL50 1.52 mg/ml
4: CL50 1.52 mg/ml
5: CL50 1.52 mg/ml
[163]
Isopropanolic (1), methanolic (2), acetonic (3), dimethyl sulfoxide (4), and aqueous extract from the leaves (5)Acute toxicityAedes albopictus
1: CL50 900 μg/ml
2: CL50 940 μg/ml
3: CL50 820 μg/ml
4: CL50 1590 μg/ml
5: CL50 1560 μg/ml
[163]
Aqueous leaf extractAcute toxicityAnopheles stephensi (CL50 26.08 mg/ml)
Aedes aegypti (CL50 17.6 mg/ml)
Culex quinquefasciatus (CL50 33.68 mg/ml)
[164]
Methanolic (1), chloroform (2), and petroleum ether (3) extracts of the leavesAcute toxicityCulex quinquefasciatus:
1: CL50 > 300 μg/ml
2: CL50 41.93 μg/ml
3: CL50 38.39 μg/ml
Aedes aegypti:
1: CL50 > 300 μg/ml
2: CL50 > 300 μg/ml
3: CL50 64.49 μg/ml
[165]
Dichloromethane extract from the aerial partsAcute toxicityAnopheles gambiae (CL50 63.5 mg/ml)[166]
Aqueous extract from aerial partsSprayingSesamia calamistis (37.85% motility (300 mg/ml))[167]
Aqueous extract from leaves and fruitsContact toxicityMussidia nigrivenella (49% motility (200 mg/g))
Sesamia calamistis (37% motility (200 mg/g))
Eldana saccharina (41% motility (200 mg/g))
[168]
Hexanic (1), chloroform (2), ethyl acetate (3), and methanolic (4) extract from the aerial partsAcute toxicityCulex quinquefasciatus:
1: CL50 213.09 μg/ml
2: CL50 217.64 μg/ml
3: CL50 167.59 μg/ml
4: CL50 86.93 μg/ml
[169]
Crushed aerial partsContact toxicityHelicoverpa armigera (66.7% mortality at 20% concentration)[170]
Essential oil from leavesIngestion toxicitySpodoptera frugiperda (CL50 600 μg/ml)[171]
Hexanic extract (1), chloroform (2), and ethyl acetate (3) from leavesIngestion toxicityHelicoverpa armigera:
1: mortality of 31.68% (concentration: 1%)
2: mortality of 65.28% (concentration: 1%)
3: mortality of 72.87% (concentration: 1%)
Spodoptera litura:
1: mortality of 34.09% (concentration: 1%)
2: mortality of 63.62% (concentration: 1%)
3: mortality of 74.56% (concentration: 1%)
Earias vittella:
1: mortality of 44.37% (concentration: 1%)
2: mortality of 69.28% (concentration: 1%)
3: mortality of 73.40% (concentration: 1%)
Leucinodes orbonalis:
1: mortality of 37.57% (concentration: 1%)
2: mortality of 67.62% (concentration: 1%)
3: mortality of 78.28% (concentration: 1%)
[172]
Essential oil from leaves (1) and crushed leaves (2)Contact toxicityDinarmus basalis:
1: CL50 7.76 μl
2: CL50 14.06 g
[173]
Leaf essential oilAcute toxicityAedes aegypti (CL50 139.07 μg/ml)[174]