Fig. 2.

Consumption of sugar mixed with kinin 1728 ingested by A. aegypti females during 2 h in a CAFE assay. Groups of five females were starved for 48 h and then were exposed to a 5-µL capillary tube containing 300 mM sucrose and kinin 1728. The volume of liquid that disappeared during the experiment was measured. Data are shown as individual measures (dots) and median volume ± first quartile (red lines) from 11–17 replications. Ordinates: volume expressed in microliters per insect per hour. Abcissa: concentration of analog 1728 (0 to 1 mM) in a 300-mM sucrose solution; Evap, loss of volume of sugar solution from vials without mosquitoes. One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparison test was used to compare treatments with the sucrose control (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001); ns, not significant.