• Title/Summary/Keyword: Aedes aegypti and Vitex negundo

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Isolation of a Potent Mosquito Repellent from Vitex negundo L.: An Alternative Source of Rotundial

  • Amancharla, Praveen K.;Muthuraj, Patrick S.;Rao, Gottumukkala V.;Singh, Om V.
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.104-106
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    • 1999

  • The chloroform fraction of the aqueous extract of the fresh leaves of Vitex negundo by bioactivity guided isolation yielded a pure compound, rotundial (1) which has shown potent mosquito repellent activity. Using spectral data (UV, IR, $^1H\;&\;^{13}C$ NMR and MS) its structure has been elucidated.

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