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Item Insecticidal activity and physiopathological effects of Cotula cinerea crude extract against Culex pipiens(2023) Demouche, Lahna; Acheuk, F.; Mokrane, K.; Abdellaoui, K.; Lakhdari, W.; Bensouici, C.; Dehliz, A.The development of new alternatives strategies to synthetic insecticides aimed at reducing pest populations by developing pesticides based on plant extracts without negative effects in non target organisms and environment. The present study was undertaken in order to assess the insecticidal activity of the crude methanolic extract of the Algerian Asteraceae Cotula cinerea, against the larval and the pupal stage of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae). It is also to determine the chemical composition of the used extract, and to understand the mechanism of toxic action of the tested extract. Based on the preliminary tests, five concentrations of the crude methanolic extract of C. cinerea (0.62, 1.25, 2.50, 3.75, and 5 mg/mL) were tested for their insecticidal activity according to the protocol recommended by the World Health Organization. The chemical profile of the extract was also obtained by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Histopathological effects and inhibition of acetylcholinesterase activity in treated mosquitoes with LC90 were examined to elucidate the mechanism of the toxic effect of the tested extract (48 h post treatment). Eight compounds have been identified by HPLC. That includes four flavonoids (rutin, quercetin, myrcetin and cathechin), three phenolic acids (benzoic acid, vanillic acid, p-coumaric acid) and one alkaloid (berberine). C. cinerea methanolic extract showed good larvicidal and pupicidal activities with LC50 and LC90 values of 1.10 and 4.37 mg/mL respectively against pupae, 24h post treatment and 1.26, 2.35 mg/mL respectively against the fourth instar larvae. Data of enzymatic assay performed on LC50 and LC90 pupae and larvae revealed prominent neurotoxic effects. C. cinerea extract reduced the activity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme in a concentration dependent manner. Obtained inhibition percentages, 48 h after treatment, were 35.11 ± 7.44 and 51.83 ± 4.04% for pupal stage and 30.98 ± 2.97 % and 48.77 ± 4.72% for the fourth instar larvae for LC50 and LC90 values respectively. Treated larvae and pupae showed also histopathological damages in the pupal cuticle and larval midgut. The results of this study showed that C. cinerea crude methanolic extract could be considered as an eco-friendly alternative for mosquito controItem Assessment of Some Biological Activities of Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden Using the Essential Oil, Methanolic and Aqueous Extracts(Har Krishan Bhalla and Sons, 2020) Boukhalfoun, Leila; Kirouani, A.; Behidj, N.; Gana, S.Several species of Eucalyptus are used in folk medicine as an antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, and against respiratory infections, such as colds, sinus congestion and influenza. These species have shown potential antioxidant properties in addition to antimicrobial activities. In the present paper, we were interested in Eucalyptus blakelyi Maiden, a species belonging to the Myrtaceae family. Our study can be considered as the first detailed report on the chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of different extracts. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the biological activities of essential oils, methanolic and aqueous extracts of this plant. The present work was realized on leaves collected from National Institute for Forest Research (INRF) of Baïnem (Algiers, Algeria), and the results showed that essential oil’s yield obtained by hydrodistillation was 2.13 %. Actually, 15 compounds were identified by GC-MS profile, and the major compound was 1.8-cineole with 62.74 %. Indeed, the antiradical activity using the DPPH method has shown that methanolic and aqueous extracts had an interesting antioxidant ability with an IC50 of 0.33 and 0.39 mg/ ml respectively. The antimicrobial activity of the essential oil, methanolic and aqueous extracts on eleven microbial strains was evaluated using the aromatogram method. Thus, the methanolic extract proved to be the most active compared to the aqueous extract and the essential oil by inducing a maximum inhibition zones of 19.66 mm for Staphylococcus aureus ATCC29213 and 25.66 mm for Candida albicans. The results suggest potential applications of essential oil in food and extracts in pharmaceutical industryItem Effects of a methanolic extract of the plant haplophyllum tuberculatum and of teflubenzuron on female reproduction in the migratory locust, locusta migratoria (Orthoptera: Oedipodinae)(Elsevier, 2012) Acheuk, Fatma; Cusson, Michel; Doumandji-Mitiche, B.