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

Table 3

A. sexdens rubropilosa workers mortality (%) and survival median (Md) when fed with diet containing the compounds 1–4 (400 μg·mL⁻¹) and 5, 6 (200 μg·mL⁻¹).

Fractions	Days										Md
	1	2	3	6	8	10	14	17	21	25
Control	0	0	0	6	10	10	24	44	78	84	18.5^a
(+)-sesamin (1)	0	2	2	4	4	6	16	44	56	62	19^a
(−)-hinokinin (2)	0	2	4	4	6	10	18	22	42	64	23^b
(−)-kusunokinin (3)	2	6	6	18	22	24	34	70	82	90	16^b
Quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnoside (4)	0	2	4	10	12	20	34	42	58	74	19^a
Quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucoside (5)	0	0	2	2	4	14	26	36	40	60	25^b
Quercetin-3-methoxy-7-O-β-D-glucoside (6)	0	2	2	6	8	14	24	30	48	54	23^b

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