A Study On Some Indian Medicinal Plants For Ethnomedicinal And Insecticidal Properties For Sustainable Agriculture
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Plants have been a natural source of a plethora of compounds having antimicrobial, anticancer, insecticidal, and other potentially useful therapeutic applications. These compounds include various classes of phytochemicals such as alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, sterols, etc. Plant phytochemicals have been shown to have insecticidal properties against many insect species as shown in various in-vitro and in-situ conditions. The plant extracts have been shown to be greatly effective against various stages of insect development such as egg hatching, larvae growth and metamorphosis. Due to large number of applications, plant phytochemicals have also been commercially harvested to fill the gap of a large commercial demand deficit by industrial scale chemical synthesis in modern era. However, hazardous synthetic chemical pesticides, synthesis byproducts, and waste generated have drastically affected the ecological balance by negatively affecting flora and fauna including human, animals and insects. The eco-friendly and sustainable management of insects particularly in agriculture is a must solution in present situation. In the present study, some medicinal plants have been reviewed with respect to their potential ethnomedicinal values and insecticidal properties as potential sustainable crop pest management applications.
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