Due to the increasingly requirements of sustainable development and environmental protection, chemical pesticides have been gradually questioned for its damage to the environment and human health, therefore an environment-friendly and pollution-free plant-derived pesticides are being paid more and more attention to. Azadirachtin is a tetracyclic triterpene compound, which is extracted from the seeds, leaves and bark of meliaceae plant neem. As the most potential insect antifeedant and growth disturbance agent, it can be used to make biological pesticide. In this paper, the present status and progress of azadirachtin extraction were reviewed and some new technologies were described in detail. The research orientation and prospect of azadirachtin extraction techniques were also discussed. Kzadirachtin, extraction, new technologies
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