Azadirachtin mechanism

Use N. can be used in plant protection as a natural antifeedant and insecticide. These uses are due to azadirachtin. The oil is superior in action to the pure active principle this is due to the stabilizing effect of the oil and to its content of other active substances. Aqueous seed extracts or emulsions of the oil have traditional uses in India as insecticides and represent an important alternative to the use of synthetic neurotoxins (for mechanism of action, see azadirachtin(s)). In India the yearly production of the oil amounts to ca. 80000 t/a N. however, the larger part is used for the production of soaps. 

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