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The phototoxicity of some 1,3-butadienes and related thiophenes against larvae of the mosquito Aedes aegypti and of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Jacques Kagan ,
Jean-Pierre Beny ,
Ging Chan ,
Som N. Dhawan ,
Jeffery A. Jaworski ,
Edgard D. Kagan ,
Paul D. Kassner ,
Margaret Murphy  and
Judy A. Rogers
Jacques Kagan
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, P.O. Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680, U.S.A.
Jean-Pierre Beny
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, P.O. Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680, U.S.A.
Ging Chan
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, P.O. Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680, U.S.A.
Som N. Dhawan
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, P.O. Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680, U.S.A.
Jeffery A. Jaworski
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, P.O. Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680, U.S.A.
Edgard D. Kagan
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, P.O. Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680, U.S.A.
Paul D. Kassner
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, P.O. Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680, U.S.A.
Margaret Murphy
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, P.O. Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680, U.S.A.
Judy A. Rogers
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, P.O. Box 4348, Chicago, IL 60680, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A number of butadienes and their thiophene congeners were found to be phototoxic toward the larvae of the mosquito Aedes aegypti and of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Only the first instar larvae of the fruit fly were killed by the chemical treatment in the presence of long wavelength ultraviolet light (UVA), while the mosquito larvae were all affected by a similar treatment which was performed with either UVA or natural daylight. With one exception, the mosquito larvae were all killed within 1 hr of daylight exposure in the presence of an average concentration of 0.8 ppm of the phototoxin. The fruit fly larvae were killed within 20 min of exposure to UVA when in contact with a filter paper disc containing 1.13 × 10−5 g/cm2 of the phototoxin.

Keywords

UVAphototoxinsphotoantibiotic compoundsphotolarvicides
Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , December 1983 , pp. 377 - 381
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1983

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