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Larvicidal and Acetylcholine Esterase Inhibitory Activity of Apiaceae Plant Essential Oils and Their Constituents against Aedes albopictus, and Formulation Development Sun-Mi Seo, Chan Sik Jung, Jaesoon Kang, Hyo Rim Lee, Sung Woong Kim, Jinho Hyun, and Il-Kwon Park J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b03586 • Publication Date (Web): 25 Oct 2015 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 3, 2015

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Larvicidal and Acetylcholine Esterase Inhibitory Activity of Apiaceae Plant Essential Oils and Their Constituents against Aedes albopictus, and Formulation Development

Seon-Mi Seo1, Chan-Sik Jung2, Jaesoon Kang3, Hyo-Rim Lee4, Sung-Woong Kim2, Jinho Hyun5,6 and Il-Kwon Park4,6* 1

Lifetree Biotech Co., Ltd. Maesonggosaek-ro, Kwonsun-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggido, 441-813, Republic of Korea; 2Division of Forest Insect Pests and Diseases, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-712, Republic of Korea; 3Gyeongnam Department of Environmental

Toxicology and Chemistry, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jin-Ju, Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea; 4Department of Forest Sciences; 5Department of Biosystems and Biomaterials Science & Engineering; 6Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea

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To whom correspondence should be addressed (Telephone +82-2-880-4751; Fax

+82-2-873-3560; E-mail [email protected]).

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ABSTRACT

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We evaluated the larvicidal activity of 12 Apiaceae plant essential oils and their components

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against the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, and the inhibition of acetylcholine

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esterase with their components. Of the 12 plant essential oils tested, ajowan (Trachyspermum

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ammi), caraway seed (Carum carvi), carrot seed (Daucus carota), celery (Apium graveolens),

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cumin (Cuminum cyminum), dill (Anethum graveolens), and parsley (Petroselinum sativum)

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resulted in >90% larval mortality when used at 0.1 mg/mL. Of the compounds identified,

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α-phellandrene,

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cuminaldehyde, neral, (S)-+-carvone, trans-anethole, thymol, carvacrol, myristicin, apiol, and

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carotol resulted in >80% larval mortality when used at 0.1 mg/mL. Two days after treatment,

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24.69%, 3.64%, and 12.43% of the original amounts of the celery, cumin, and parsley oils,

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respectively, remained in the water. Less than 50% of the original amounts of α-phellandrene,

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1,8-cineole, terpinen-4-ol, cuminaldehyde, and trans-antheole were detected in the water at 2

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days after treatment. Carvacrol, α-pinene, and β-pinene inhibited the activity of Ae.

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albopictus acetylcholinesterase with IC50 values of 0.057, 0.062, and 0.190 mg/mL,

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respectively. A spherical microemulsion of parsley essential oil-loaded PVA (polyvinyl

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alcohol) was prepared and the larvicidal activity of this formulation was shown to be similar

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to that of parsley oil.

α-terpinene,

p-cymene,

(-)-limonene,

(+)-limonene,

γ-terpinene,

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Keywords: Apiaceae plant essential oils, larvicidal activity, Asian tiger mosquito,

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acetylchholine esterase inhibition, residue in water

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INTRODUCTION

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The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus Skuse, has become increasingly important in

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public health throughout the world because of its quick spread from its native geographical

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origin, East Asia. Ae. albopictus also plays an important role in outbreaks of dengue virus

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(DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV).1 To control the adults and larvae of Ae. albopictus,

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various synthetic pesticides including insect growth regulators (methoprene, novaluron, and

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pyriproxifen), organophosphates (temephos), and pyrethroids are widely used around the

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world.2,3 Although these pesticides are effective, the continued use of synthetic pesticides for

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several years has resulted in unintended side effects, including environmental and human

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health concerns and undesirable effects on natural enemies and nontargeted organisms.4,5

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Recently, Ae. albopictus resistance to larvicides, mainly temephos, has been reported in Asia,

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Central and South America, and Europe.2,3

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Plant essential oils and their constituents could be good sources for mosquito-controlling

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agents. Essential oils can be easily extracted with steam distillation, and contain several

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volatile compounds including alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, esters, aromatic phenols, lactones,

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monoterpenes, and sesquiterpenes.6 Moreover, plant essential oils are considered safe for

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humans and are widely used as fragrances and flavoring agents in foods and beverages.7,8 Seo

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et al.9 recently reported that temephos is about 0.77 million-fold more toxic than ajowan

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essential oil against water flea, Daphnia magna.

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Many plant essential oils have been reported to exhibit larvicidal activity against

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mosquitoes. Leaf and twig essential oils from Clausena excavate showed larvicidal activity

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against Aedes aegypti and Ae. Albopictus.10 Moreover, the essential oil of Tagetes patula was

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toxic to the larvae of three mosquito species.11 Similarly, essential oils extracted from Amyris

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balsamifera, Daucus carota, and Pogostemon cablin demonstrated strong larvicidal activity

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against Culex pipiens pallens.12 Furthermore, plant essential oils and their constituents have



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been reported to evaporate easily in water; thus, their residues are of little concern.9,12,13

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In this study, we evaluated the larvicidal activity of 12 Apiaceae plant essential oils and we

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identified the individual compounds from the active oils against the Asian tiger mosquito. In

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addition, we determined their residue levels in water, and verified feasibility of formulation for

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field application. Because many phytochemicals have been known to inhibit acetylcholine

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esterase,14 we quantitated their abilities to inhibit acetylcholine esterase to investigate their mode

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of action.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Chemicals. Myrcene (95%), (+)-limonene (97%), dihydrocarvone (98%), carveol (97%),

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cuminaldehyde (98%), (S)-(+)-carvone (96%), (R)-(-)-carvone (>98%), (-)-α-pinene (99%),

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(-)-β-pinene (99%), 1,8-cineole (99%), and trans-anethole (99%) were purchased from

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Sigma-Aldrich (Milwaukee, WI, USA). α-Terpinene (85%), p-cymene (95%), γ-terpinene

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(97%), linalool oxide (97%), menthol (99%), terpinen-4-ol (97%), and thymol (>99%) were

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purchased from Fluka (Buchs, Switzerland). (+)-α-Pinene (>95%), camphene (80%),

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β-caryophyllene (>90%), β-pinene (94%), α–phellandrene (65%), (-)-limonene (95%), bornyl

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acetate (70%) and carvacrol (95%) were purchased from Tokyo Kasei (Tokyo, Japan).

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Myristicin (99%), elemicin (99%), allytetramethoxybenzene (99%) and apiol (99%) were

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isolated from parsley oil. Carotol (99%) were isolated from carrotseed oil. Silicagel was

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purchased from Merck (0.006-0.2mm). Neral (98%) was synthesized in the laboratory. Values

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in parentheses indicate the purities of the compounds.

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Plant Essential Oils. The plant essential oils used in this experiment are listed in Table

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1. Essential oils were purchased from Jinarome (NY, USA, www.jinarome.com) and Oshadhi

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Ltd. (Cambridge, UK).

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Insects. Ae. albopictus cultures were maintained in the laboratory, without exposure to


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any insecticides. Ae. albopictus adults were maintained on a 10% sugar solution. A live

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mouse in a steel cage was supplied for blood under a Korea National Institute of Health

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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (KCDC-020-11-2A) protocol approved for this

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study. Larvae were reared in plastic pans (24 × 35 × 5 cm) containing sterilized food and

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water. Colonies were reared at 26 ± 1 oC, with a relative humidity of 60 ± 5%, under a 16:8 h

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light:dark cycle.

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Gas Chromatography. Gas chromatography (GC) analysis of ajowan, dill, celery,

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caraway, and cumin oils was performed using an Agilent 7890N system (Santa Clara, CA,

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USA) equipped with a flame ionization detector (FID). The retention times of the compounds

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were compared with those of authenticated compounds using DB-1MS and HP-INNOWAX

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columns (30 m × 0.25 mm i.d., film thickness: 0.25 µm, J&W Scientific). The oven

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temperature was programmed to be isothermal at 40 oC for 1 min, raised to 250 oC at a rate of

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6 oC/min, and held at this temperature for 4 min. Helium was used as the carrier gas at a rate

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of 1.5 mL/min. The configurations of limonene, α-pinene, and β-pinene were determined using

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a chiral Beta DEX 120 column (30 m × 0.25 mm i.d., film thickness: 0.25 µm, Supelco,

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Bellefonte, PA, USA). The oven temperature was maintained at 100 oC for 20 min, and the

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flow rate of the carrier gas was 1.0 mL/min. A Beta DEX 225 column (30 m × 0.25 mm i.d.,

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film thickness: 0.25 µm, Supelco, Bellefonte, PA, USA) was used for the separation of

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carvone. The oven temperature was programmed to be isothermal at 130 oC for 10 min and

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then raised to 200 oC at a rate of 10 oC/min. The carrier gas had a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min.

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The retention indices were obtained in relation to a homologous series of n-alkanes (C7-C20),

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under the same operating conditions as for the GC-FID analysis. The components were

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further identified by enhancing the integrated area by co-injection with the essential oil and

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authentic samples. The oil components were then quantified by adding 2 internal standards

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undecane (purity: 99%; Wako) and pentadecane (purity: 99%; Wako), without the use of any



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correction factors.

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Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. A gas chromatograph (Agilent 7890A) and

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a mass spectrometer (Agilent 5975C MSD) were used for gas chromatography-mass

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spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis using a DB-5MS column (30 m × 0.25 mm i.d., film

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thickness: 0.25 µm, J&W Scientific). The oven temperature was the same as that used for the

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GC-FID analysis. The flow rate of the carrier gas (helium) was 1.0 mL/min. The GC column

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effluent was introduced directly into the MS source via a transfer line at 250 oC. Ionization

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was obtained by electron impact (70 eV, source temperature: 230 oC), and the scan range was

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41-400 amu. Most of the essential oil components were identified by comparing the mass

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spectra of each peak with those of authenticated samples obtained from the NIST MS library.

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Isolation of Myristicin, Apiol, Allytetramethoxybenzene, Elemicin, and Carotol.

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The bioassay-guided isolation procedure of active compounds from parsley and carrot seed

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oils is shown in Figure 1. Small amounts of parsley (40 g) and carrot seed (1 g) oils were

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subjected to SiO2 gel column chromatography (hexane/diethyl ether 100/0 → 0/100).

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Myristicin (5.5 g), apiol (140 mg), allytetramethoxybenzene (275 mg) and elemicin (190 mg)

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were isolated from parsley oil, whereas carotol (0.8g) was isolated from carrot seed oil. The

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isolation

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allytetramethoxybenzene (purity 99%) and elemicin (purity 99%) is shown in Figure 1. Pure

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myristicin, apiol, allytetramethoxybenzene, and elemicin were isolated from the

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hexane/diethyl ether (100/1), hexane/diethyl ether (100/2), hexane/diethyl ether (100/3), and

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hexane/diethyl ether (100/4) fractions, respectively. Carotol (purity 99%) was isolated from

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the hexane/diethyl ether (90/10) fraction and used for bioassays. NMR spectra were obtained

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on a Varian UI 500 NMR spectrometer (500 MHz for 1H spectra and 125 MHz for

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spectra) at the Korean Basic Science Institute using TMS as an internal standard.

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procedure

used

for

myristicin

(purity

99%),

apiol

(purity

99%),

13

C

Larvicidal Activity Test. A larvicidal activity test was performed as previously


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described.15 Briefly, Apiaceae plant essential oils and their constituents were serially diluted

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from an initial 0.01% (weight/volume) stock solution prepared in acetone. One milliliter of

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each oil or compound was suspended in 200 mL of water in 270 mL paper cups. Ten early

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third instar Ae. albopictus larvae were transferred individually into the cup using a glass

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pipette. A separate set of cups that received 1 mL of acetone only served as the controls.

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Treated and control larvae were maintained at the same conditions used for colony

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maintenance, and larval mortality was investigated 48 h after treatment. Larvae were not

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provided with food during bioassay. All treatments were replicated 4 times.

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Residues in Water. To quantitate the residues of essential oils and their constituents in

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water, the essential oils and their components were dissolved in acetone and added to a glass

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beaker (250 mL) filled with distilled water (200 mL). The initial concentration of all essential

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oils and their constituents was 0.1 mg/mL. One milliliter of a test solution was extracted at

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days 2 and 7 for quantitation of the remaining residues of Apiaceae plant oils and their

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constituents. The sampled solutions were stirred and mixed with a small amount of NaCl, and

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the solution was extracted with 2 mL of hexane containing undecane as an internal standard.

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The concentrations of undecane were adjusted to 0.01 mg/mL and 0.001 mg/mL for test

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solutions extracted on days 2 and 7, respectively. The extracted solution was directly

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analyzed by GC-FID, with the same oven temperature as that used for the GC-FID analysis.

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Oil residues were quantified by comparing the total areas of all constituents with that of the

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IS.

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Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition. Fifty mosquito larvae were collected randomly and

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used to generate crude protein extracts. Mosquito larvae were ground in 0.1 M Tris-HCl

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supplemented with 0.02 M NaCl, 0.5% Triton X-100 (pH 7.8), and a protease inhibitor

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cocktail (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) using a glass tissue grinder (Wheaton

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Industries Inc., Millville, NJ, USA) on ice. The resultant extract was spun by centrifugation at



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17,000 ×g for 15 min at 4 °C to eliminate insect tissue debris and the supernatant containing

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soluble protein was collected. The protein content of each extract was quantified by the

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Bradford protein assay. The ability of each extract to inhibit AChE activity was evaluated

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using the modified Ellman method.16 Briefly, each test chemical was completely dissolved in

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acetone (Sigma-Aldrich) to a concentration of 100 mg/mL and the protein was diluted to 0.2

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µg/µL in 0.1 M Tris-HCl referred as above. Reaction mixtures consisted of 1 µL of test

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compound and 79 µL of protein and were placed in 96-well microplates. Reactions were

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incubated for 10 minutes at room temperature; control reactions received acetone only. 10 µl

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of

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5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) were added to the reaction mixtures. AChE

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activity was evaluated by measuring the absorbance at 405 nm at 30 sec intervals for 20

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minutes at RT using an iMark microplate absorbance reader (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA).

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The values were used to calculate the initial velocity (Vo) for each reaction. All experiments

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were performed at least in triplicate. The inhibition rate of each chemical was calculated

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according to the following formula:

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10

mM

acetylthiocholine

iodide

(ASChI)

and

10

µL

of

4

mM

Inhibition activity (%) = 100 – [(Vo of chemical treatment/Vo of control treatment) ×

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100]

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To determine the IC50 values of α-pinene, β-pinene, and carvacrol, the following

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concentrations were used: 1, 0.5, 0.2, 0.1, and 0.05 mg/mL. Three replicates were performed

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for each treatment at each concentration. The rates of AChE inhibition were calculated

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according to the formula described above, and the IC50 values were determined by probit

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analysis.17

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Microemulsion of Parsley Oil with Polyvinyl Alcohol. For field application of plant

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essential oils as control agents for Ae. albopictus larvae, it is necessary to develop the


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appropriate formulations. A microemulsion of parsley essential oil in water was prepared by

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adding 100 µL of essential oil to 900 µL of 1 wt% PVA (polyvinyl alcohol, 15000 Da,

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Sigma-Aldrich) solution in deionized water. Next, the mixture was homogenized at 65 W for

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1 min in a VCX130 apparatus (Sonic & Materials, USA). The parsley essential oil

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microemulsion was stored in a refrigerator until further use. The microemulsion was

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observed with a dark-field microscope (Nikon ECLIPSE LV 100, Nikon Instruments Inc,

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USA). The larvicidal activity of the parsley essential oil microemulsion was investigated as

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described above. Parsley oil and polyvinyl alcohol were used for as positive and negative

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controls, respectively.

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Statistical Analysis. The percentages of mortality of Ae. albopictus mosquito larvae

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were transformed to arcsine square-root values prior to analysis of variance (ANOVA).

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Treatment mean values were compared and separated using Scheffe’s test.17 Mean (±SE)

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values of untransformed data have been reported.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Larvicidal Activities of Plant Essential Oils. The larvicidal activities of the various

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plant essential oils against Ae. albopictus are listed in Table 1. Among the plant essential oils

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tested, dill, celery, caraway seed, cumin, carrot seed, parsley, and ajowan essential oils

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showed strong larvicidal activity against Ae. albopictus (≥90% mortality) at a concentration

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of 0.1 mg/mL. The larvicidal activities of ajowan, parsley, and celery essential oils were 80%,

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60%, and 60%, respectively, at a concentration of 0.05 mg/mL. All other oils yielded less

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than 50% mortality. Plant essential oils belonging to the Apiaceae family have been shown to

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have insecticidal activity against German cockroaches (Blattella germanica)18 and rice

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weevils (Sitophilus oryzae)19. Dill, caraway, and cumin oils have also demonstrated strong

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fumigant toxicities against German cockroaches and rice weevils. However, celery, carrot



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seed, parsley, and ajowan oils have not shown to have strong fumigant toxicities against

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German cockroaches or rice weevils. In this study, dill, celery, caraway, cumin, carrot seed,

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parsley, and ajowan oils exhibited strong insecticidal activity against Ae. albopictus. We used

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the direct contact method to investigate the larvicidal activities of Apiaceae plant essential

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oils against Ae. albopictus. Thus, the insecticidal activities of celery, carrot seed, parsley, and

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ajowan might be attributed mainly to the direct contact of the oils with the larval cuticle.

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Chemical Analysis of the Active Oils. The chemical compositions of the ajowan, cumin,

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dill, celery, and caraway oils are given in Table 2. We previously performed a detailed

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chemical analysis of ajowan, cumin, dill, and caraway oils,18 thus, in the present study we

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analyzed optical isomer of α-pinene, β-pinene, carvone, and limonene. The α-pinene and

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carvone isomers in dill oil were identified as (+)-α-pinene and (S)-(+)-carvone, whereas

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limonene consisted of both (+)-limonene (20.21%) and (–)-limonene (0.27%). Only

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(+)-α-pinene, (+)-β-pinene, and (+)-limonene were identified in cumin oil. (S)-(+)-carvone

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(48.7%) was the most abundant compound in caraway oil, followed by (+)-limonene (24.2%),

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cis-carveol (0.4%), and trans-carveol (0.3%). Two optical isomers of limonene were

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identified in ajowan oil, (+)-limonene and (–)-limonene at 0.36% and 0.08%, respectively.

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The chemical compositions of celery, carrot seed, and parsley essential oils have previously

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been reported by other groups. Kiralan et al.20 analyzed the chemical compositions of parsley

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and celery essential oils. The most abundant compound of parsley oil was α-pinene (22.89%),

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followed

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allyltetramethoxybenzene (13.56%), myristicin (7.45%), and elemicin (2.11%). Limonene

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(76.63%) and α-selinene (11.12%) were the main compounds of celery oil, with all other

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compounds present at less than 2%. In our analysis, the most abundant compound in parsley

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oil was 1,3,8-p-menthatriene (18.5%), followed by α-pinene (17%), myristicin (14.2%),

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β-pinene (11.08%), 1,8-cineole (10.09%), β-myrcene (4.01%), allyltetramethoxybenzene

by

β-pinene

(19.16%),

elemicin

(13.56%),


limonene

(11.27%),

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(0.36%), elemicin (0.5%), and apiol (0.36%). Limonene (69.66%) was identified as the most

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abundant compound in celery oil, followed by β-pinene (1.09%), β-myrcene (0.84%), and

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β-caryophyllene (0.69%). Carotol (86.29%) was the only component identified in carrot seed

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oil. The chemical composition of the essential oil of a single species can vary according to

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cultivation region, date of harvest, storage time, extraction method, edaphic factors, and

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climatic factors.21

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Isolation of Myristicin, Apiol, Allytetramethoxybenzene, Elemicin, and Carotol. To

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isolate the active compounds that are not commercially available from parsley and carrot seed

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oils, we used open column chromatography coupled with bioassay-guided isolation (Figure 1).

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Four compounds were isolated from the active fraction of parsley seed oil, whereas one

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compound was isolated from the active fraction of carrot seed oil. Each isolated compound

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was identified by 1H- and

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13

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consistent with previous reports.12,22-25

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C-NMR, DEPT, 1H-1H COSY, and HMQC. The 1H- and

C-NMR data of carotol, allytetramethoxybenzene, apiol, elemicin, and myristicin were

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Larvicidal Activities of Essential Oil Constituents. The larvicidal activities of the

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various essential oil constituents are shown in Table 3. Of the compounds tested,

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α-phellandrene, α-terpinene, p-cymene, (-)-limonene, (+)-limonene, γ-terpinene, thymol,

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carvacrol, myristicin, apiol, and carotol resulted in ≥95% mortality of Ae. albopictus larvae at

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a concentration of 0.1 mg/mL. Cuminaldehyde, neral, and (S)-(+)-carvone yielded 82.5%

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mortality. At 0.05 mg/mL, myristicin, carotol, and carvacrol yielded 92.5%, 90%, and 80%

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mortality, respectively. γ-Terpinene and (+)-limonene resulted in 77.5% and 70% mortality,

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respectively. All other compounds yielded

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