Evaluación del efecto larvicida del extracto etanólico natural de la cáscara de naranja (Citrus Sinensis) sobre larvas de cuarto estadio de Aedes Aegypti en condiciones de laboratorio
Fecha
Autor corporativo
Título de la revista
ISSN de la revista
Título del volumen
Editor
Compartir
Director
Altmetric
Resumen
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the most important vector in public health in a large part of the planet; places in which the environmental conditions that favor their growth and reproduction are also characterized by having a low sociocultural level. For this reason, finding alternatives for their control is a topic of considerable interest for professionals in the area of environmental sanitation and public health. For this control, the essential oil of the orange peel (C. sinensis) was used as a larvicidal substance, a vegetable species with a large presence in the colombian territory that represents a food of great importance in the market of the family basket and the food industry; the compounds in the orange peel have already been used in several studies in which it is intended to control some species causing public or environmental health problems, thanks to the efficacy obtained from limonene as a toxic compound for several species. By means of bioassays carried out in the zoonoses laboratory, the ethanolic extract of C. sinensis was used as a substance that was diluted to cause the toxicity in the larvae of A. aegypti and finally measure the results obtained in percentage in relation time - concentration. It was obtained that the ethanol extract represents a viable alternative for the control of the vector A. aegypti, that although it does not achieve in very low mortalities concentrations, if it manages to inhibit the growth of the populations, besides that the essential oil is used as a toxic input. of a plant species with great abundance in the national territory.