Evaluation of the Toxicity of Virola sebifera Crude Extracts, Fractions and Isolated Compounds on the Nest of Leaf-Cutting Ants

Table 1

A. sexdens rubropilosa workers mortality (%) and survival median (Md) when fed with diet containing crude extracts (2000 μg·mL⁻¹) from V. sebifera.

Crude extracts	Days										Md
	1	2	3	6	8	10	14	17	21	25
Control	2	8	14	22	36	36	42	52	62	72	17^a
Dichloromethane leaves (I)	0	10	18	40	64	92	98	100	100	100	7.5^b
Methanol leaves (II)	0	2	4	20	38	60	70	70	76	78	10^a
Ethanol branches (III)	2	10	14	32	42	48	58	64	64	66	11^a

^aControl or no significant and ^bsignificant difference according to long-rank test ().