Transmission blocking sugar baits for the control of Leishmania development inside sand flies using environmentally friendly beta-glycosides and their aglycones

Table 1 Lifespans of adult Lutzomyia longipalpis reared on different β-glycosides/aglycones-supplemented diets. Insects were separated and followed after emergence from pupae

		Sucrose	Amygdalin	Esculin	Mandelonitrile	Esculetin
Males	Median (days)	19	20	18	5	21^b
	Mean (days) ± SEM	17 ± 1	17 ± 1	15 ± 1	7 ± 1^a	22 ± 1^b
	Mean reduction (%)		0	12	59	-29
Females	Median	15	14	13	12	15
	Mean ± SEM	15 ± 1	13 ± 1^c	13 ± 1^d	10 ± 1^e	15 ± 1
	Mean reduction (%)		13	13	33	0

Values are expressed in days ± standard error of the mean (SEM). An asterisk indicates statistical difference (Paired t-test), comparing control and experimental groups ^aP < 0.0001 (two-tailed), t = 5.651 df = 59; ^bP < 0.0001, t = 4.378 df = 39; ^cP < 0.0001, t = 5.390 df = 79; ^dP < 0.0001, t = 12.47, df = 79; and ^eP < 0.0001, t = 8.922, df = 79

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