Chemical composition and larvicidal activity of essential oil from leaves of <i>Eucalyptus robusta</i>

Hong Van Nguyen Thi; Thi Tuyen Tran; Cao Bach Pham; Thu Quynh Dang; Thu Thuy Dinh Thi; Thanh Thuong Vo; Gia Huy Ngo; Quoc Thong Nguyen; Huy Hung Nguyen; Huu Nghi Do

doi:10.15625/2615-9023/19644

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Nguyen Thi Hong Van Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam; Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Tran Thi Tuyen Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Pham Cao Bach Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Dang Thu Quynh Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Dinh Thi Thu Thuy Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Vo Thanh Thuong Department of Pharmacy, Duy Tan University, 03 Quang Trung, Da Nang City, Vietnam
Ngo Gia Huy BRVT Provincial Medical College, 1165D Vo Van Kiet, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, Vietnam
Nguyen Quoc Thong RVT Provincial Medical College, 1165D Vo Van Kiet, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, Vietnam
Nguyen Huy Hung Center for Advanced Chemistry, Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, 03 Quang Trung, Da Nang City, Vietnam
Do Huu Nghi Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam; Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/2615-9023/19644

Keywords:

Eucalyptus robusta, Culex quinquefasciatus, larvicidal, 1,8-cineole, α-pinene.

Abstract

Essential oil (EO) from leaves of Eucalyptus robusta was extracted by hydrodistillation, and analyzed the chemical composition using gas chromatography- Flame ionization detector (GC-FID), and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Thirty constituents from leaf EO were identified accounting for 97.48% of the total composition of EO. Monoterpene hydrocarbons were the major chemical classes (83.34%) in which 1,8-cineole (29.23%), α-pinene (18.58%), α-phellandrene (14.05%) and β-pinene (6.40%) were the main components. The larvicidal activity test against Culex quinquefasciatus showed that the essential oil from the leaves of E. robusta strongly inhibited this southern house mosquito with LC₅₀ values at 24 h and 48h to be 30.34 µg/mL and 28.77 µg/mL, respectively.

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