Structure Des Composes Majoritaires Et Activite Insecticide Des Huiles Essentielles Extraites De Sept Plantes Aromatiques De Cote Divoire

Coffi Kanko, Raphael Kouame Oussou, Jacques Akcah, Jean Brice Boti, Badama Philomene Seri-Kouassi, Et Joseph Casanova

The essential oils from seven aromatic plants were extracted by hydrodistillation with a Clevenger type apparatus. These oils tested by fumigation at various concentrations on adults of the flightless form of Callosobruchus maculatus Fab. present an insecticidal activity. The chemical composition was investigated by G.C. and carbon 13 NMR spectroscopy.