Biochemical Processes Related to Insecticide Action: an Overview

Throughout modern history, man has devised various methods to combat insect pests such as the use of sulfur, chalk, wood ash and plant extracts. Further progress came with the introduction of botanical compounds such as pyrethrum, deris, quassia, and others. The inventory of insecticides used in the 19th century includes sulfur, arsenic, fluorides, soaps, kerosene and various botanicals such as nicotine, rotenone, pyrethrum, sabadilla and quassia (for more details, see Retnakaran et al. 1985; Perry et al. 1998).

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