ANTI-INSECT PROPERTIES OF ESSENTIAL OILS AND MONOTERPENES. REVALUATION OF ARGENTINE AROMATIC NATIVE SPECIES

JULIO ALBERTO ZYGADLO

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Conferencia; SECOND JOINT MEETING OF THE BIOLOGY SOCIETIES FROM ARGENTINA; 2011

Sociedad Argentina de BiologíaSociedad de Biología de CuyoSociedad de Biología de Córdoba

Essential oils, secondary metabolites of aromatic plants, in many countries represent an important part of the traditional pharmacopoeia.Essential oils, known for its medicinal properties and scents are natural mixtures may contain various components in different concentrations.This chemical diversity is the product of its dual biosynthetic origin: the path of mevalonic / 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate andshikimic pathway. This results in a wide range of applications such as deworming, bactericides, fungicides, insecticides and virucidal.Thus, that essential oils are shown as an important source for bioactive principles. This work is a description and analysis of potentialmechanisms of biological action of the constituents of essential oils: octopaminergic receptor, the GABA receptor, acetylcholinesteraseand P450. The results show the essential oils and their components as excellent insecticides and larvicides. It showed the difficulties todetermine structural features that determine the bioactivity and quantitative structure-activity relationships for some terpenes in theirinteractions with different insect of health and nutrition. This exhibition will highlight the potential use of our flora aromatic and diversityof its essential oils to control insects.