Potential use of organic residues from the industrial production of Citrus sinensis orange juice to obtain essential oil to control Aedes aegypti

• Autor(a) principal: Welbert, Juliana Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Genta, Fernando Ariel, Gomes, Bruno, Monteiro, Maria Helena Durães Alves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Fitos
• Texto Completo: https://revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br/index.php/revista-fitos/article/view/1585
• topic: Citrus sinensis; larvicida; inseticida; óleo essencial; Aedes aegypti; Citrus sinensis; Larvicide; Essential oil; Aedes aegypti; Scientific disclosure

The Aedes aegypti mosquito, from the Culicidae family, is an important vector of endemic arboviruses in Brazil. Vector control is one of the main strategies for controlling diseases caused by arboviruses. The development of alternative tools is necessary to reduce dependence on synthetic insecticides and the limitations caused by the increasing incidence of resistance in Aedes aegypti. The essential oil of sweet orange, Citrus sinensis (Rutaceae), has insecticidal activity and can be a valid choice to develop new control tools, due to its low toxicity to mammals and low cost, as it is a by-product of juice production. The production of orange juice in Brazil's citrus belt discards tons of organic waste yearly, such as the peel, which is often not properly applied or disposed of, causing environmental damage at the disposal sites. This work suggests the reuse of these residues, discarded by the juice industry in the citrus region of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, in the production of essential oil from Citrus sinensis, due to its potential in the development of products applied in the control of Aedes aegypti, according to activity reported in the literature, which would boost technological and social progress in the region.