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Effects of Flavor Enhancers on the Survival and Behavior of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis Invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Effects of Flavor Enhancers on the Survival and Behavior of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis Invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Yuting Huang, Siqi Chen, Zhiqiang Li, Lei Wang, Yijuan Xu

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Aug;25(22):21879-21886.

PMID: 29796890

Abstract:

To understand whether flavor enhancers pose potential risks to the environment, it is important to assess its effects on insects. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the toxicity of flavor enhancers on the survival and behaviors of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. In this study, we found that the mortality of S. invicta workers that were fed glutamic acid monosodium salt hydrate, glycine, L-alanine, succinic acid, succinic acid disodium, inosinate 5'-monophosphate disodium salt hydrate, and GMP were significantly higher than the mortality rates of workers fed sucrose. Moreover, glycine and GMP exhibited the strongest toxicities and caused 100% mortality in workers after 84 h. LC50 values were 0.004 g/ml and 0.02 g/ml for GMP and glycine, respectively. Additionally, at sublethal doses, both GMP and glycine solutions decreased foraging and digging behaviors. Our results suggest that flavor enhancers are toxic to insects and also likely to have a negative impact at sublethal concentrations.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
ALP142472	L-Glutamic acid monosodium salt hydrate		142-47-2 (anhydrous)	Price
AP5550129-B	Guanosine 5′-monophosphate disodium salt hydrate		5550-12-9	Price

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