Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology ›› 2025, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (9): 155-164.DOI: 10.13304/j.nykjdb.2024.0697

• ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH • Previous Articles    

Extraction, Component Identification and Fumigant Activity of Lemongrass Essential Oil Against Red Imported Fire Ants

Fan KUANG1(), Mingkun XIAO2, Yuhan HUANG1, Hongmin JIANG1, Lei HU1, Ying WEI1, Wei HU3()   

  1. 1.Xichang Plant Protection and Quarantine Station,Sichuan Xichang 615000,China
    2.Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash Crops of Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Yunnan Baoshan 678000,China
    3.Gannan Normal University,Jiangxi Ganzhou 341000,China
  • Received:2024-08-27 Accepted:2024-11-01 Online:2025-09-15 Published:2025-09-24
  • Contact: Wei HU

柠檬草精油的提取、成分鉴定及对红火蚁的熏蒸活性研究

邝凡1(), 肖明昆2, 黄钰涵1, 江洪敏1, 胡磊1, 魏英1, 胡威3()   

  1. 1.西昌市植保植检站,四川 西昌 615000
    2.云南省农业科学院热带亚热带经济作物研究所,云南 保山 678000
    3.赣南师范大学,江西 赣州 341000
  • 通讯作者: 胡威
  • 作者简介:邝凡 E-mail:2233765622@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    江西省自然科学基金项目(20232BAB205057);西昌市科技计划项目(西教体科〔2020〕209号)

Abstract:

To investigate the fumigant activity of Cymbopogon citratus (lemongrass) essential oil (EO) on Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ants, RIFA), the lemongrass essential oil was extracted and purified using hydrodistillation and column chromatography. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was applied to analyze and identify the chemical components of lemongrass essential oil and its different fractions. Then fumigant activities of different fractions in EO and monomers against RIFA were determined. The results showed that the light yellow lemongrass EO was extracted by water distillation with the rate of 1.02%. The fumigant activity of lemongrass EO against RIFA increased as the increase of treatment dosage. At 400 μL·L-1, the LT50 (lethal time of 50%) was 0.197 h with obvious sublethal effect. 2 fractions A1 and A2 from lemongrass EO were obtained by column chromatography. GS-MS analysis showed that the dominant component of lemongrass EO and A1 fractions was citronellal with the relative contents of 24.72% and 31.75%, respectively, and geranol was the main component of A2 fraction with the relative contents of 23.54%. Under the same dosage treatment, the fumigation activity of A1 fraction was highest, and the lemongrass EO was second. After treatment with 25.0 and 12.5 μL·L-1 for 0.5 and 1.0 h, both citronellal and D-limonene showed 100% fumigant activity against RIFA, indicating that citronellal and D-limonene were the main active substances. Above results provided new ideas for the prevention and control of RIFA.

Key words: lemongrass, red imported fire ants, essential oil, component identification, fumigant activity

摘要:

为探究柠檬草精油对红火蚁的熏蒸活性,通过水蒸馏提取法+柱层析法对柠檬草精油进行提取和纯化,应用气相色谱仪-质谱联用仪(gas chromatography-mass spectrometry,GC-MS)对柠檬草精油及其不同馏分化学成分进行分析和鉴定,分别测定精油不同馏分及单体对红火蚁的熏蒸活性。结果表明,在100 ℃下,采用水蒸馏提取法提取2.0 h后从柠檬草中提取出了淡黄色柠檬草精油,提取率为1.02%。生测结果表明,柠檬草精油对红火蚁的熏蒸活性随着处理剂量的增加而增加,在400 μL·L-1时,LT50 (lethal time of 50%)最小为0.197 h,且存在明显的亚致死效应。用柱层析法获得2个柠檬草精油馏分A1、A2。GC-MS分析发现,柠檬草精油和A1馏分中相对含量最高的成分均为香茅醛,分别为24.72%和31.75%;A2馏分的主要成分为香叶醇,其相对含量为23.54%。在相同剂量处理下,A1馏分的熏蒸活性最高,柠檬草精油次之。采用25.0和12.5 μL·L-1分别处理0.5和1.0 h后,香茅醛和D-柠檬烯对红火蚁的熏蒸活性均为100%,表明香茅醛、D-柠檬烯为主要活性物质。以上研究结果为防治红火蚁提供新的思路。

关键词: 柠檬草, 红火蚁, 精油, 成分鉴定, 熏蒸活性

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