Tectoquinone
Tectoquinone exhibits strong mosquito larvicidal activity.
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Providing storage is as stated on the product vial and the vial is kept tightly sealed, the product can be stored for up to
24 months(2-8C).
Wherever possible, you should prepare and use solutions on the same day. However, if you need to make up stock solutions in advance, we recommend that you store the solution as aliquots in tightly sealed vials at -20C. Generally, these will be useable for up to two weeks. Before use, and prior to opening the vial we recommend that you allow your product to equilibrate to room temperature for at least 1 hour.
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Larvicidal activity of tectoquinone isolated from red heartwood-type Cryptomeria japonica against two mosquito species.[Pubmed:
17804221]
METHODS AND RESULTS:
Mosquito larvicidal activities of methanolic extracts from different plant parts of red heartwood-type Cryptomeria japonica D. Don against the fourth-instar larvae of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus were examined. Results of mosquito larvicidal tests demonstrated that the n-hexane fraction of C. japonica sapwood methanolic extract had an excellent inhibitory effect against the larvae of A. aegypti and A. albopictus and its LC50 values were 2.4 and 3.3 microg/ml, respectively, in 24h. Following the bioactivity-guided fractionation procedure, the active constituent isolated from C. japonica sapwood was characterized as Tectoquinone by spectroscopic analyses. The LC50 values of Tectoquinone against A. aegypti and A. albopictus in 24h were 3.3 and 5.4 microg/ml, respectively. In addition, comparisons of mosquito larvicidal activity of anthraquinone congeners demonstrated that anthraquinone skeleton with a methyl group at C-2 position, such as Tectoquinone, exhibited the strongest mosquito larvicidal activity.
CONCLUSIONS:
Results of this study show that the methanolic extract of C. japonica sapwood may be considered as a potent source and Tectoquinone as a new natural mosquito larvicidal agent.
