New discoveries of natural products for controlling agricultural, medical and veterinary pests

Authors: Zhu, Junwei - Jerry

Submitted to: International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/2/2021
Publication Date: N/A
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Interpretive Summary: Plant derivatives, or botanical-based crude extracts have been used against arthropods for at least two millennia in ancient China, Egypt, Japan and India. In Europe and North America, the documented practice of using botanicals as the major classes of synthetic chemical insecticides has shown with more than 150 years. Recent studies have confirmed their practical applications in agricultural and veterinary pest management. In addition, natural products such as plant essential oils have been used throughout history for therapeutic purposes, such as topically for its antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects. In this presentation, I will report some novel discoveries using natural products including catnip, osage orange, coconut oil as blooding-sucking insect repellents, larvicides, oviposition deterrents, as well as some antibacterial activities against bacterial food source for stable fly larval development and other common public health pathogens.

Technical Abstract: Plant derivatives, or botanical-based crude extracts have been used against arthropods for at least two millennia in ancient China, Egypt, Japan and India. In Europe and North America, the documented practice of using botanicals as the major classes of synthetic chemical insecticides has shown with more than 150 years. Recent studies have confirmed their practical applications in agricultural and veterinary pest management. In addition, natural products such as plant essential oils have been used throughout history for therapeutic purposes, such as topically for its antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects. In this presentation, I will report some novel discoveries using natural products including catnip, osage orange, coconut oil as blooding-sucking insect repellents, larvicides, oviposition deterrents, as well as some antibacterial activities against bacterial food source for stable fly larval development and other common public health pathogens.