Atividade larvicida do ácido 3-β-acetoxylabdan-8(17)-13- dien-15-óico isolado da planta medicinal copaifera reticulata (leguminosae) sobre aedes aegypti (diptera, culicidae) evidenciada pelas alterações morfohistológicas

Abstract

The main mechanism of control of dengue has been through the fight against Aedes aegypti, the most competent vector. The fight primarily consists of elimination of its potential breeding sites, health education and use of synthetic insecticides. These insecticides are effective but are highly toxic to vertebrates and the environment. With the emergence of resistance of mosquitoes to them, insecticides of botanical origin are being explored. This study looks at the larvicidal activity of a solution of a solution of 3-β-acetoxylabdan-8(17)-13-dien-15-óico acid extracted from the medicinal plant Copaifera reticulata Ducke (Leguminosae) on the 3rd stage larvae of Ae. aegypti. Larvae were subjected to 9 ppm acid for up to 24 h. Those that reached lethargic state were collected and fixed in 4% paraformaldhyde in 0.1 M sodium cacodilate buffer, pH 7.2, included in resin and the slides stained with the hematoxylin-eosin technique and examined by light microscopy. This acid caused the death of the Ae. aegypti larvae by cell destruction in the midgut, by the high cytoplasmic vacuolation, cell and nuclear hypertrophy, degeneration of the brush edge, apical vesicular formation with release of cytoplasmic contents of cells, stratification of the epithelium and folds in the peritrophic matrix.