Melia azedarach, insecticidal

CARPINELLA, M.C., DEFAGO, M.T., VALLADARES, G., PALACIOS, S.M., Antifeedant and insecticide properties of a limonoid from Melia azedarach (Meliaceae) with potential use for pest management, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2003, 51,369-374. 

Insecticidal Constituents of Azadirachta indica and Melia azedarach (Meliaceae)... 

There can be no doubt that interest in the mahogany family (Meliaceae) was spurred by the development of natural insecticides from the Indian neem tree, Azadirachta indica A. Juss. This species and its commercial utility has been the subjeet of several international conferences, hundreds of research papers, and at least a dozen major volumes. This interest was manifest in the eollection and sereening of more than 100 species from the family for insect bioactivity, with particular emphasis on the genera Aglaia and Trichilia. Even before this, attention had turned to members of the genus most closely related to neem, Melia, namely the Asian chinaberry tree M. azedarach L. and the East African M volkensii Gurke. 

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