Química Nova (Jan 2010)

Uso de CLAE no controle de qualidade em produtos comerciais de Nim: reprodutibilidade da ação inseticida The use of HPLC in the control of Neem commercial products quality: reproduction of the insecticide action

  • Moacir Rossi Forim,
  • Andréia Pereira Matos,
  • Maria Fátima das Graças Fernandes da Silva,
  • Quézia Bezerra Cass,
  • Paulo Cezar Vieira,
  • João Batista Fernandes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422010000500014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 5
pp. 1082 – 1087

Abstract

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The Neem tree, Azadirachta indica, provides many useful compounds that are used as pesticides. However, the efficiency in field of products like neem oil can be committed because they have not been observed reproductive content of secondary metabolic like azadirachtin. Based on reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) a new method was developed to permit the rapid quantitative analysis of azadirachtin from seeds, extracts and oil of Neem. In the present study it was evaluated the azadirachtin quantitative variation among various Neem's extracts and seeds showing the importance of quality control for reproduction of the insecticide efficiency, using S. frugiperda as target insect.

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