Open AccessExtratos de plantas no controle de Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) (Acari: Ixodidae) em laboratório
Author(s) -
Sônia Maria Forti Broglio-Micheletti,
Ellen Carine Neves Valente,
Leilianne Alves de Souza,
Nívia da Silva Dias,
Alice Maria Nascimento de Araújo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinária/brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology
Language(s) - Portuguese
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1984-2961
pISSN - 0103-846X
DOI - 10.4322/rbpv.01804008
Subject(s) - azadirachta , biology , annona muricata , cymbopogon citratus , acari , meliaceae , acaricide , rhipicephalus , annonaceae , botany , horticulture , traditional medicine , ixodidae , veterinary medicine , tick , toxicology , essential oil , medicine , ecology
Plant extracts were studied to evaluate its efficiency in the control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) in laboratory. Engorged female ticks were collected from the cattle, kept in Petri dishes. Organic alcoholic extracts 2% (weight/volume) were used: seeds of Annona muricata L. (Annonaceae) (soursop); flowers of Syzygium malaccensis (L.) (Myrtaceae) (iamb), leaves of Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf (Poaceae) (holy grass), leaves of Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Meliaceae) (neem) and hexane extract 2% (weight/volume) of A. indica (seeds). The control groups consisted of untreated females and females treated with distilled water and sterile and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) a concentration of 1%. The extract of A. muricata (seed) had the highest mortality with acaricide activity and 100% efficacy followed by extracts of S. malaccensis (75 and 59.24%) and A. indica (65 and 38.49%). The seed extract of A. muricata reduced 100% larvae hatch.