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RESEARCH PAPERS

BIOMOLÉCULAS CON ACTIVIDAD INSECTICIDA: UNA ALTERNATIVA PARA MEJORAR LA SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA
BIOMOLECULES WITH INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY: AN ALTERNATIVE TO IMPROVE THE FOOD SAFETY

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Pages 306-313 | Received 18 Jan 2007, Accepted 21 Feb 2007, Published online: 02 Oct 2009
 

Abstract

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The growing demand for innocuous guaranties and food safety of fresh fruits and vegetables for commercialization and exportation, and the need of a global conscious to stop the undesirable effects on environment and human health due to overexposure to all kind of pesticides, it has been noticed that it is very important to modify the control sanitation of pre and post-harvest fruits, trough the exogenous application of biomolecules with insecticidal activity or promoting the generation of these with the same activity. This paper describes some kinds of plant compounds with insecticidal or phytotoxicity activity tested in bioassays with the purpose of developing an effective pest control method.

La creciente demanda de garantías de inocuidad y seguridad alimentaria para la comercialización y exportación de productos hortofrutícolas para consumo en fresco, así como la necesidad de una conciencia mundial sobre revertir la grave tendencia actual hacia el deterioro ambiental y de la salud de los consumidores por el uso indiscriminado de insecticidas, pesticidas y plaguicidas, han puesto de relieve la importancia de modificar las formas de control fitosanitario pre y poscosecha de frutas, a través de la aplicación exógena de biomoléculas con actividad insecticida o bien promoviendo el aprovechamiento in situ de bioinsecticidas naturales. En el presente artículo se describen algunos tipos de biomoléculas presentes en plantas, que han mostrado actividad insecticida o fitotóxica, probados en diferentes bioensayos con el propósito de desarrollar métodos efectivos de control de plagas.

Palabras clave: Biomoleculas, actividad insecticida, seguridad alimentaria

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