Methionine as a safe and effective novel biorational mosquito larvicide.
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DOI: 10.1002/ps.5118
Abstract: BACKGROUND Mosquito larvicides provide a source-reduction strategy to diminish adult females that bite and potentially spread pathogens. Demands are mounting for new and innovative effective biorational larvicides, due to the development of resistance to some… read more here.
Keywords: methionine safe; mosquito; effective novel; methionine ... See more keywords
Biochemical Evolution of a Potent Target of Mosquito Larvicide, 3-Hydroxykynurenine Transaminase
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DOI: 10.3390/molecules27154929
Abstract: A specific mosquito enzyme, 3-hydroxykynurenine transaminase (HKT), is involved in the processing of toxic metabolic intermediates of the tryptophan metabolic pathway. The HKT enzymatic product, xanthurenic acid, is required for Plasmodium spp. development in the… read more here.
Keywords: biochemical evolution; hydroxykynurenine transaminase; hkt; mosquito larvicide ... See more keywords