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. 2013 May 30;4(2):217–229. doi: 10.3390/insects4020217

Table 2.

Toxicity of Pinus densiflora hydrodistillate (PD-HD), 19 PD-HD constituents, 28 structurally related compounds and two commercially available synthetic larvicides against early third-instar larvae of Ae. albopictus, Ae. aegypti and Cx. p. pallens after 24 h exposure.

Compound LC50 (Ae. albopictus), mg/L (95% CL a) LC50 (Ae. aegypti), mg/L (95% CL a) LC50 (Cx p. pallens), mg/L (95% CL a)
PD-HD 20.33 (16.49–24.72) 21.01 (17.24–25.31) 22.36 (18.33–27.04)
α-humulene >150 >150 >150
α-terpinene 21.88 (18.29–26.24) 24.85 (20.96–29.18) 23.87 (19.63–29.20)
Carveol 121.22 (106.48–143.40) 123.97 (111.02–142.51) 113.58 (101.09–129.69)
Nerol 111.59 (96.03–133.34) 120.83 (104.33–147.41) 111.48 (97.78–129.50)
(S)-(+)-carvone 43.83 (41.78–45.91) 42.14 (39.62–44.62) 46.19 (43.54–49.12)
(+)-β-citronellol 90.89 (83.26–99.00) 93.46 (85.80–101.82) 87.81 (80.62–95.50)
(−)-β-citronellol 71.99 (64.67–80.37) 75.31 (68.31–83.22) 66.26 (59.63–73.33)
(+)-citronellal 46.39 (41.08–52.95) 48.23 (42.42–55.64) 49.47 (43.52–57.04)
(−)-citronellal 41.06 (38.44–43.59) 37.46 (34.19–40.50) 41.90 (39.07–44.69)
(−)-myrtenal 137.86 (119.15–173.91) >150 139.61 (122.92–169.77)
(−)-cis-myrtanol >150 >150 >150
(−)-myrtenol >150 >150 >150
Carvacrol 95.05 (77.66–120.51) 101.06 (84.95–124.54) 91.93 (75.83–114.29)
(−)-verbenone 89.39 (82.78–96.07) 96.78 (89.76–104.20) 89.07 (82.69–95.50)
(S)-cis-verbenol 136.86 (121.92–161.87) >150 140.41 (124.89–167.57)
o-cymene 48.57 (42.14–55.77) 39.60 (33.25–46.71) 47.78 (40.96–55.39)
m-cymene 62.05 (54.45–70.02) 69.70 (61.83–78.37) 59.35 (52.20–66.67)
Aromadendrene 129.21 (118.02–145.97) >150 147.91 (127.93–188.26)
Borneol >150 >150 >150
Bornyl acetate >150 >150 >150
Camphene 79.09 (68.89–90.41) 72.92 (65.75–80.81) 80.06 (72.21–88.87)
Camphor >150 >150 >150
δ-3-carene 9.33 (8.27–10.38) 12.10 (10.36–13.81) 10.11 (8.72–11.74)
β-caryophyllene 39.52 (36.51–42.85) 38.58 (36.17–41.09) 47.79 (41.47–54.25)
Caryophyllene oxide 107.62 (99.82–116.81) 113.00 (104.54–123.59) 126.28 (110.92–158.13)
1,8-cineole 73.50 (69.80–77.70) 73.30 (68.56–77.97) 72.88 (68.99–76.68)
Citral 41.63 (38.71–44.48) 49.19 (45.19–54.06) 47.80 (43.91–51.84)
p-cymene 32.83 (28.23–38.63) 33.46 (29.27–37.78) 29.66 (25.22–34.29)
Geraniol 68.17 (64.13–72.27) 73.44 (68.48–78.23) 56.96 (51.05–63.85)
Geranyl acetate 33.01 (30.60–35.49) 21.39 (17.37–25.63) 30.33 (27.17–33.83)
(+)-limonene 10.77 (9.80–11.87) 15.31 (12.69–18.51) 10.76 (9.27–12.54)
Linalool 129.04 (117.54–146.31) 113.47 (101.40–128.73) 144.16 (123.66–186.95)
Linanyl acetate 98.12 (91.30–105.44) 97.76 (90.78–106.32) 96.96 (89.59–104.00)
Menthol 69.61 (64.26–74.80) 81.20 (75.05–87.04) 67.26 (59.30–74.32)
Myrcene 35.98 (30.30–42.14) 39.51 (32.70–46.68) 41.31 (37.50–45.37)
α-phellandrene 16.86 (14.43–19.69) 19.35 (16.31–22.66) 14.04 (12.09–16.50)
(1R)-(+)-α-pinene 55.65 (52.49–59.18) 51.28 (46.32–56.56) 60.84 (58.55–63.28)
(1S)-(−)-α-pinene 28.61 (26.09–31.65) 39.98 (34.62–46.52) 31.98 (28.39–35.68)
(1R)-(+)-β-pinene 23.44 (19.88–27.27) 24.06 (20.61–27.80) 24.02 (20.11–28.36)
(1S)-(−)-β-pinene 15.35 (12.76–18.15) 17.33 (14.35–20.50) 16.17 (13.26–19.75)
γ-terpinene 16.25 (12.49–20.32) 20.48 (16.63–24.64) 17.75 (13.89–22.21)
α-terpineol 131.79 (120.10–149.75) >150 106.32 (97.22–115.84)
(+)-terpinen-4-ol 98.28 (91.85–105.07) 78.73 (71.24–85.73) 86.25 (78.22–95.55)
(−)-terpinen-4-ol 92.16 (84.28–101.24) 72.36 (66.33–78.22) 85.66 (75.71–97.28)
α-terpinolene 13.86 (11.31–16.58) 15.32 (12.67–18.19) 10.62 (8.24–13.58)
Terpinyl acetate 72.39 (65.05–80.55) 96.32 (89.89–103.04) 58.27 (52.60–64.82)
Thymol 11.45 (10.12–12.80) 11.72 (9.77–13.87) 10.79 (9.50–12.31)
Temephos b 0.010 (0.009–0.011) 0.015 (0.013–0.018) 0.013 (0.010–0.016)
Fenthion b 0.012 (0.010–0.015) 0.022 (0.019–0.024) 0.027 (0.023–0.031)

a Confidence limit. b Commercially available synthetic larvicides.