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Ahmed FS, Helmy WS, Alfuhaid NA, Moustafa MAM. Target Enzymes of Origanum majorana and Rosmarinus officinalis Essential Oils in Black Cutworm ( Agrotis ipsilon): In Vitro and In Silico Studies. INSECTS 2024; 15:483. [PMID: 39057216 PMCID: PMC11276864 DOI: 10.3390/insects15070483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2024] [Revised: 06/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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In this study, in vitro and in silico approaches were employed to assess the toxicity of marjoram (Origanum majorana) and rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) essential oils (EOs) to A. ipsilon larvae. The study determined the activities of ATPases in the larvae after treatment with the LC20 and LC70 of each EO. α-esterase and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) activities were also determined after treatment with LC10 and LC30 of each EO. Furthermore, molecular docking was employed to determine the binding affinity of terpinene-4-ol and α-pinene, the major constituents of O. majorana, and R. officinalis EOs, respectively, compared to the co-crystallized ligand of α-esterase, diethyl hydrogen phosphate (DPF). Toxicity assays revealed that O. majorana EO was more toxic than R. officinalis EO to the A. ipsilon larvae at 96 h post-treatment. However, the LC20 and LC70 of the latter significantly inhibited the activity of the Na+-K+ pump at almost all intervals. The same concentrations significantly inhibited the Mg2+/Ca2+-ATPase and Ca2+ pump at 96 h post-treatment. In contrast, O. majorana EO showed a variable effect on the Na+-K+ pump across different time intervals. On the other hand, LC10 and LC30 of both EOs showed varied effects on α-esterase and GST over time. Molecular docking revealed energy scores of -4.51 and -4.29 kcal/mol for terpinene-4-ol and α-pinene, respectively, compared to a score of -4.67 for PDF. Our study demonstrated the toxicity of the tested EOs to A. ipsilon, suggesting their potential efficacy as insecticides.
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- Fatma S. Ahmed
- Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt; (F.S.A.); (W.S.H.)
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- Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt; (F.S.A.); (W.S.H.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Science and Humanities, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt; (F.S.A.); (W.S.H.)
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Priya SS, Vasantha-Srinivasan P, Altemimi AB, Keerthana R, Radhakrishnan N, Senthil-Nathan S, Kalaivani K, Chandrasekar N, Karthi S, Ganesan R, Alkanan ZT, Pal T, Verma OP, Proćków J. Bioactive Molecules Derived from Plants in Managing Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti (Linn.). Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28052386. [PMID: 36903635 PMCID: PMC10005433 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28052386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Mosquitoes are the potential vectors of several viral diseases such as filariasis, malaria, dengue, yellow fever, Zika fever and encephalitis in humans as well as other species. Dengue, the most common mosquito-borne disease in humans caused by the dengue virus is transmitted by the vector Ae. aegypti. Fever, chills, nausea and neurological disorders are the frequent symptoms of Zika and dengue. Thanks to various anthropogenic activities such as deforestation, industrialized farming and poor drainage facilities there has been a significant rise in mosquitoes and vector-borne diseases. Control measures such as the destruction of mosquito breeding places, a reduction in global warming, as well as the use of natural and chemical repellents, mainly DEET, picaridin, temephos and IR-3535 have proven to be effective in many instances. Although potent, these chemicals cause swelling, rashes, and eye irritation in adults and children, and are also toxic to the skin and nervous system. Due to their shorter protection period and harmful nature towards non-target organisms, the use of chemical repellents is greatly reduced, and more research and development is taking place in the field of plant-derived repellents, which are found to be selective, biodegradable and harmless to non-target species. Many tribal and rural communities across the world have been using plant-based extracts since ancient times for various traditional and medical purposes, and to ward off mosquitoes and various other insects. In this regard, new species of plants are being identified through ethnobotanical surveys and tested for their repellency against Ae. aegypti. This review aims to provide insight into many such plant extracts, essential oils and their metabolites, which have been tested for their mosquitocidal activity against different life cycle forms of Ae. Aegypti, as well as for their efficacy in controlling mosquitoes.
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- Sridhar Shanmuga Priya
- Department of Biotechnology, St. Peter’s Institute of Higher Education Research, Chennai 600077, India
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical 17 and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai 602105, India
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- Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah 61004, Iraq
- College of Medicine, University of Warith Al-Anbiyaa, Karbala 56001, Iraq
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- Department of Biotechnology, RV College of Engineering, Bangalore 560059, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai 602105, India
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- Division of Bio-Pesticides and Environmental Toxicology, Sri Paramakalyani Centre for 14 Excellence in Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, 15, Tirunelveli 627412, India
- Correspondence: (S.S.-N.); (J.P.)
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- Post Graduate and Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Sri Parasakthi College for Women, Courtrallam 627802, India
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- Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40503, USA
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- Institute for Liver and Digestive Diseases, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah 61004, Iraq
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- Department of Biotechnology, Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Vadlamudi, Guntur 522213, India
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj 211007, India
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- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5b, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
- Correspondence: (S.S.-N.); (J.P.)
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Setlur AS, K C, Bhattacharjee R, Kumar J, Niranjan V. Deciphering the interaction mechanism of natural actives against larval proteins of Aedes aegypti to identify potential larvicides: a computational biology analysis. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:12480-12502. [PMID: 36688316 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2166993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Aedes aegypti is the target for repellents to curb incidences of vector-borne diseases. Stopping breeding of this mosquito species at its larval stages helps in controlling spread of insect-borne diseases. Therefore, the present study focused on deciphering the mechanism of interaction of selected natural actives against larval proteins of A. aegypti to identify potential natural alternative larvicides. 65 larval proteins were identified from literature, whose structures were modelled and validated using RaptorX and ProCheck. 11 natural actives were selected for predicting their ligand properties and toxicities via Toxicity Estimation Software Tool and ProTox-II. Molecular docking studies were carried out using POAP followed by 100 ns molecular dynamic simulation studies for top three best docked complexes to better understand the robustness of docking, complex stabilities and molecular mechanisms of interactions. Toxicity predictions revealed that 6 molecules belonged to toxicity class 4, and five to toxicity class 5, implying that they were all safe to use. Complexes goniothalamin-translation elongation factor (-10 kcal/mol), andrographolide-acetyl-CoA C-myristoyltransferase (-9.2 kcal/mol) and capillin-translation elongation factor (-8.4 kcal/mol) showed best binding energies. When simulated, capillin-translation elongation factor showed most stability, while the remaining two also evidenced robust docking. Evolutionary studies for top two larval proteins disclosed 100 other insect species in which these proteins can be targeted using various larvicides. Protein-protein interaction network analysis revealed several protein pathways that might be affected due to aforesaid naturals. Therefore, this study provides computational insights into the molecular interaction of naturals against larval proteins, acting as potential natural larvicides.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Anagha S Setlur
- Department of Biotechnology, RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Bangalore Bio-innovation Centre (BBC), Helix Biotech Park, Electronic City Phase-I, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography Method for Determination of Quercetin, Stigmasterol, Psoralen, and Niloticin in the Leaves of Wood Apple (Limonia acidissima L.). NATIONAL ACADEMY SCIENCE LETTERS 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s40009-022-01197-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Larvicidal activity of plant extracts from Colombian North Coast against Aedes aegypti L. mosquito larvae. ARAB J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2022.104365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chellappandian M, Senthil-Nathan S, Karthi S, Vasantha-Srinivasan P, Kalaivani K, Hunter WB, Ali AM, Veerabahu C, Elshikh MS, Al Farraj DA. Larvicidal and repellent activity of N-methyl-1-adamantylamine and oleic acid a major derivative of bael tree ethanol leaf extracts against dengue mosquito vector and their biosafety on natural predator. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:15654-15663. [PMID: 34636011 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16219-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa belongs to the family Rutaceae is generally known as "bael fruit tree" occuring across the south Asian countries. The current investigation screened the main derivatives from crude ethanolic extracts of the Bael tree leaf and evaluated activity effects on the larvae and adults of Aedes aegypti (L.) Dengue vector mosquito and a non-target aquatic predator. The GC-MS results showed that the peak area was found to be profound in N-methyl-1-adamantaneacetamide (N-M 1a) followed by oleic acid (OA) with 63.08 and 11.43% respectively. The larvicidal activity against the fourth instar larvae and the crude Ex-Am showed prominent mortality rate (93.60%) at the maximum dosage of 100 ppm. The mortality rate of N-M 1a and OA was occurred at 10 ppm (97.73%) and 12 ppm (95.4%). The repellent activity was found to be prominent at crude Ex-Am (50 ppm) as compared to the pure compounds (N-m 1a and OA) with maximum protection time up to 210 min. The non-target screening of Ex-Am, N-M 1a, and OA on mosquito predator Tx. splendens showed that they are scarcely toxic even at the maximum dosage of 1000 ppm (34.13%), 100 ppm (27.3%), and 120 ppm (31.3%) respectively. Thus, the present investigation clearly proved that the crude Ex-Am and their major derivatives Nm 1-a and OA showed their acute larval toxicity as well as potential mosquito repellent against the dengue mosquito and eco-safety against the mosquito predator.
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- Muthiah Chellappandian
- Division of Biopesticides and Environmental Toxicology, Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Excellence in Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India
- PG and Research Department of Botany, V.O. Chidambaram College, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, 628 008, India
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- Division of Biopesticides and Environmental Toxicology, Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Excellence in Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India.
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- Division of Biopesticides and Environmental Toxicology, Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Excellence in Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India
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- Department of Zoology, Post Graduate and Research Centre, Sri Parasakthi College for Women, Tirunelveli, India
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce, FL, USA
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology , College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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Edwin ES, Vasantha-Srinivasan P, Senthil-Nathan S, Chellappandian M, Karthi S, Narayanaswamy R, Stanley-Raja V, Sivanesh H, Ramasubramanian R, Al-Huqail AA, Khan F, Krutmuang P, Abdel-Megeed A, Ghaith A, Paik CH. Toxicity of Bioactive Molecule Andrographolide against Spodoptera litura Fab and Its Binding Potential with Detoxifying Enzyme Cytochrome P450. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26195982. [PMID: 34641534 PMCID: PMC8512691 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26195982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Spodoptera litura Fab. is a polyphagous pest causing damage to many agriculture crops leading to yield loss. Recurrent usage of synthetic pesticides to control this pest has resulted in resistance development. Plant-derived diterpenoid compound andrographolide was isolated from the leaves of Andrographis paniculata. It was analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy and quantified by HPLC. Nutritional indices and digestive enzymatic profile were evaluated. Third, fourth and fifth instar larvae were treated with different concentrations of andrographolide. At 3, 6 and 9 ppm-treated concentrations the larvae showed decreased RGR, RCR, ECI, ECD values with adverse increase in AD. The digestive enzymes were significantly inhibited when compared with control. Conspicuously, andrographolide showed pronounced mortality of S. litura by inhibition of enzyme secretion and intake of food. The binding ability of andrographolide with CYTP450 showed high affinity with low binding energy. Andrographolide has the potential to be exploited as a biocontrol agent against S. litura as an eco-friendly pesticide.
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- Edward-Sam Edwin
- Division of Biopesticides and Environmental Toxicology, SPKCES, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli 627412, Tamil Nadu, India; (E.-S.E.); (V.S.-R.); (H.S.); (R.R.)
- Department of Microbiology Division of Virology and Molecular Biology, St. Peters Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Hosur 635109, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, St. Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, Avadi, Chennai 600054, Tamil Nadu, India;
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- Division of Biopesticides and Environmental Toxicology, SPKCES, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli 627412, Tamil Nadu, India; (E.-S.E.); (V.S.-R.); (H.S.); (R.R.)
- Correspondence: (S.S.-N.); (S.K.); (P.K.)
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- Division of Biopesticides and Environmental Toxicology, SPKCES, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli 627412, Tamil Nadu, India; (E.-S.E.); (V.S.-R.); (H.S.); (R.R.)
- Correspondence: (S.S.-N.); (S.K.); (P.K.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, St. Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, Avadi, Chennai 600054, Tamil Nadu, India;
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- Division of Biopesticides and Environmental Toxicology, SPKCES, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli 627412, Tamil Nadu, India; (E.-S.E.); (V.S.-R.); (H.S.); (R.R.)
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- Division of Biopesticides and Environmental Toxicology, SPKCES, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli 627412, Tamil Nadu, India; (E.-S.E.); (V.S.-R.); (H.S.); (R.R.)
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- Division of Biopesticides and Environmental Toxicology, SPKCES, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, Tirunelveli 627412, Tamil Nadu, India; (E.-S.E.); (V.S.-R.); (H.S.); (R.R.)
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.A.-H.); (F.K.)
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (A.A.A.-H.); (F.K.)
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Innovative Agriculture Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Correspondence: (S.S.-N.); (S.K.); (P.K.)
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture Saba Basha, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21531, Egypt;
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Derna University, Derna 417230, Libya;
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- National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Planning & Coordination Division, 181, Hyeoksin-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-Gun 55365, Jeollabuk-do, Korea;
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