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Fatty Acid Composition and Toxicity of Melia azedarach L. Fruits against Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi

Hadjiakhoondi Abbas نويسنده , Vatandoost Hassan نويسنده , Khanavia, Mahnaz نويسنده , Sadeghipour-Roodsari Hamid Reza نويسنده , Vosoughid Mohsen نويسنده , Kazemi Motahareh نويسنده , Abai Mohammad Reza نويسنده

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The fruit of Melia azedarach L. (Meliaceae) was extracted with hexane, and its fatty acids methyl ester was analyzed using GC/MS. Thirteen components representing 85.1% of the total extract were identified. The major components identified were methyl palmitate (18.8%), methyl linolenate (16.1%) and methyl linoleate (9.8%). The fruits’ extract had a LC50 of 5.5 ppm against the larvae of Anophles stephensi.

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