Table 4.

Anti-insect activity of lectins

Natural source of lectin	Insect affected	Anti-insect effect	Sugar specificity	Reference
Allium sativum (garlic) bulbs	Acyrthosiphon pisum	Increased mortality	Mannose	Fitches et al. 2008
Arisaema intermedium and Arisaema wallichianum (Araceae)	Bactrocera cucurbitae	(1) Prolonged period of development	Not found	Kaur et al. 2009
		(2) Inhibited pupation and emergence
Gracilaria cornea (red alga)	Boophilus microplus	Reduced (1) the body weight of female after oviposition period, (2) the egg mass weight, and (3) hatching period	Fetuin, porcine stomach mucin	Lima et al. 2005
Gracilaria ornate (red alga)	Callosobruchus maculatus	Delayed development	Fetuin, porcine stomach mucin	Leite et al. 2005
Myracrodruon urundeuva (aroeira preta) bark	Aedes aegypti	Increased mortality	N-acetyl-d-glucosamine	Sá et al. 2009
Xerocomus chrysenteron fruiting bodies	Myzus persicae	Increased mortality	Fetuin, porcine stomach mucin	Jaber et al. 2008
Xerocomus chrysenteron fruiting bodies	Myzus persicae	(1) Increased mortality	Fetuin, porcine stomach mucin	Jaber et al. 2007
		(2) Reduction of body weight, duration of development and fecundity