Journal Name:
Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica
Volume:
42
Issue:
1
Pages From:
143
To:
152
Date:
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Abstract:
The potential of crude extracts from four plant species were evaluated for their ability to
control the Tetranychus cinnabarinus mites under controlled conditions. The extracts were
prepared from four plant species Artemisia herba-alba, A. leucodes, Eruca sativa and
Sinapis alba. The toxicity of the four plant extracts to animal cells was measured in vitro
using the vital mitochondrial dye 3-[4, 5-dimethyliazol-2-yl]-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
(MTT) assay. The assay revealed that the extracts from A. herba-alba, A. leucodes or S. ...
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