Phytochemical Constituents and Biological Effects of Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth. : A Review | Zendy

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Phytochemical Constituents and Biological Effects of Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth. : A Review

Author(s) -

Khaled Rashed

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

plantae scientia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2581-589X

DOI - 10.32439/ps.v3i5.69-71

Subject(s) - phytochemical , biology , rotenone , toxicology , aedes aegypti , pesticide , dengue fever , traditional medicine , botany , larva , agronomy , medicine , immunology , mitochondrion , microbiology and biotechnology

Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth. is one of the wild plants found in farmland of Southeast Asia. The root of the tuba plant was traditionally used as the fish poison and crop pest insecticide. It has many kinds of toxic chemical compounds as rotenone, toxicarol, elliptone, sumatrol, tephrosin, and deguelin. Recently, root extract has developed in various bioactive compounds exploration not only for the agricultural field but also public health intervention, especially in Dengue control programs. Derris elliptica (Wall.) Benth. root extract have larvacidal potential to control the temephos-resistant Aedes aegypti larvae.

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