insecticidal properties

The fruit bodies were noted to have insecticidal properties in a 1990 publication.

Most of the above botanicals have recently been shown to possess insecticidal properties.

The oil from the rind has strong insecticidal properties.

Each type of soap has a different chemical structure and therefore, different insecticidal properties.

The oil has insecticidal properties similar to pyrethrum.

Many crystal-producing Bt strains, though, do not have insecticidal properties.

Due to these insecticidal properties the bacteria was used as an biological insecticide, commercially developed in 1938.

Emodin (although not obtained from Aloe vera) has been shown to have insecticidal properties.

However, mathematical modeling has suggested that disease transmission may be exacerbated after bed nets have lost their insecticidal properties under certain circumstances.

Soapnuts have gentle insecticidal properties and are traditionally used for removing lice from the scalp.

Bryophillin C also showed insecticidal properties.

Thus, one of their insecticidal properties is that of suffocation - they deprive bugs of air.

Extracts from santol seeds have insecticidal properties.

Cork oaks are considered to be soil builders and their fruits have been shown to have useful insecticidal properties.

Germacrenes are typically produced in a number of plant species for their antimicrobial and insecticidal properties, though they also play a role as insect pheromones.

Flavonoids and alkaloids contained in the leaves and bark of several species of the family have shown insecticidal properties.

Harmine found in root secretions of Oxalis tuberosa has been found to have insecticidal properties.

The avermectins are a series 16-membered macrocyclic lactone derivatives with potent anthelmintic and insecticidal properties.

Like other pesticides in this class, it owes its insecticidal properties (and human toxicity) to the fact that it is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.

Bacillus thuringeiensis is a bacterium that naturally produces a protein (Bt toxin) with insecticidal properties.

Fungicidal and insecticidal properties of Calotropis have been reported (Ganapathy and Narayanasamy 1993).

It has also been speculated that S. molles insecticidal properties make it a good candidate for use as an alternative to synthetic chemicals in pest control.

The genera Chrysanthemum, Pulicaria, Tagetes, and Tanacetum contain species with useful insecticidal properties.

Methyllycaconitine has been explored as a possible therapeutic agent for the treatment of spastic paralyses in man, and it has been shown to have insecticidal properties.

During World War II there was a marked increase in the pesticide market, as wartime research and development produced many chemicals with newly discovered insecticidal properties.