Lucas Gabriel Pita dos Santos

Plant-Based Insecticides for Control of Aedes aegypti, Sitophilus zeamais and Nasutitermes corniger: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Lucas Gabriel Pita dos Santos, Beatriz de Aquino Marques da Costa, Welton Aaron de Almeida, Talyta Naldeska da Silva, Gabriel da Silva Coutinho, Thiago Henrique Napoleão, Tatiana Souza Porto & Emmanuel Viana Pontual · Advances in Research · 2024

Insect pests can transmit diseases or affect the economy and their uncontrolled growth is intensified by human activity, which has affected ecosystems and interfered with trophic chains. Aedes aegypti L. transmits dengue, chikungunya, zika and yellow fever, while Sitophilus zeama...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/air/2024/v25i31062

Evaluation of Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Anti-hemolytic Properties of Ethanol Extract from Plectranthus barbatus Andrews (Lamiaceae) Leaves

Janeffer Lemberg Messias Barboza Cavalcanti, Lucas Gabriel Pita dos Santos, João Victor de Oliveira Alves, Welton Aaron de Almeida, Gabriel da Silva Coutinho, Alex Michel Silva Araújo, Gustavo Ramos Salles Ferreira, Ana Beatriz Sotero Siqueira, Magda Rhayanny Assunção Ferreira, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, Rômulo Carlos Dantas da Cruz, Ivone Antônia de Souza, Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia, Marcia Vanusa da Silva, Thiago Henrique Napoleão & Emmanuel Viana Pontual · Advances in Research · 2024

Polyphenols can act as antioxidants, antibacterial, antifungal, or insecticidal agents. Given that microbial infections and arboviruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti significantly contribute to global morbidity and mortality, there is an urgent need to discover new antimicrobials...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/air/2024/v25i51143