Biomonitoring the <i>Vitex gardneriana</i> Shauer (Lamiaceae) Toxic Effects to Shed Light on Bioactive Compounds against a Major Coconut Pest Mite — Oak Academic Publishing
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Biomonitoring the <i>Vitex gardneriana</i> Shauer (Lamiaceae) Toxic Effects to Shed Light on Bioactive Compounds against a Major Coconut Pest Mite
Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Cidade Universitária Professor José Aloísio de Campos, Avenida Mare-chal Rondon s/n, Bairro Jardim Rosa Elze, São Cristóvão, Brazil
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Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Cidade Universitária Paulo VI s/n, Bairro Tirirical, São Luís, Brazil
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Petroleum and Energy from Biomass Research Group (PEB), Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil
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Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Cidade Universitária, Campus Aristóteles Calazans Simões, Avenida Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Bairro Tabuleiro do Martins, Maceió, Brazil
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Petroleum and Energy from Biomass Research Group (PEB), Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil
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Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Bairro Jardins, Aracaju, Brazil
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Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade universitária, Recife, Brazil
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Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Bairro Jardins, Aracaju, Brazil
1 Departamento de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Cidade Universitária Professor José Aloísio de Campos, Avenida Mare-chal Rondon s/n, Bairro Jardim Rosa Elze, São Cristóvão, Brazil
2 Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Cidade Universitária Paulo VI s/n, Bairro Tirirical, São Luís, Brazil
3 Petroleum and Energy from Biomass Research Group (PEB), Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil
4 Instituto de Química e Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Cidade Universitária, Campus Aristóteles Calazans Simões, Avenida Lourival Melo Mota, s/n, Bairro Tabuleiro do Martins, Maceió, Brazil
5 Petroleum and Energy from Biomass Research Group (PEB), Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil
6 Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Bairro Jardins, Aracaju, Brazil
7 Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade universitária, Recife, Brazil
8 Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros, Bairro Jardins, Aracaju, Brazil
The coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae), is a major pest of coconut plantations ( Cocos nucifera L.) worldwide. Here, we conducted a bioguided phytochemical approach using toxicity and repellency bioassays of nonpolar extract and its fractions of Vitex gardneriana Schauer (Lamiaceae) leaves to this pest. Nonpolar crude extract was fractionated by column chromatography using solvents with increased polarity and binary mixtures, resulting in five semipurified groups. The biomonitor ing bioassay provided active fractions and led to the isolation and characterization of the bioactive compound squalene, a biosynthetic precursor of 20-hydroxyecdysone, which plays an important role in plant defense against arthropods. The LC 50 of the crude extract of V . gardneriana for A . guerreronis was estimated to be 0.185 mg·mL -1 and LC 80 = 4.123 mg·mL -1 . Also, the extract was highly repellent to this pest for up to 24 h. The fractions of V . gardneriana , and also squalene, caused mortality to A . guerreronis . The potential of V . gardneriana fractions/squalene as biopesticides for controlling A . guerreronis in coconut plantations is discussed herein.
KeywordsBioassayToxicityPhytochemistryTerpeneBiopesticidesBiorational Control
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