Abstract
Several extracts from pre-domesticated Lavandula luisieri (Rozeira) Riv-Mart. (Lamiaceae) (essential oil, EO; hexane, Hx and the organic fraction of the residual hydrolate, WRO) showed larvicidal effects against the hard tick Hyalomma lusitanicum, being WRO the most active. Their content in the necrodane-type monoterpenes (2,2,3,4-tetramethyl-5-oxocyclopent-3-en-1-yl)-methyl acetate (2), 5-hydroxymethyl-2,3,4,4-tetramethylcyclopent-2-en-1-one (1) and 2-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4,4-trimethyl-5-methylenecyclopent-2-en-1-one (5) correlated with these effects. Among the isolated compounds, 3,3,4,5-tetramethyl-2H-pyran-2,6(3H)-dione (7) and (2,2,3,4-tetramethyl-5-oxocyclopent-3-en-1-yl)-methyl acetate (2) were the most potent ones, with activity levels within the range of the positive control thymol. These compounds represent a new class of ixodicidal agents.
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