Mosquito repellent from Thai essential oils against dengue fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti L.) and filaria mosquito vector (Culex quinquefasciatus Say)

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Repellent Aedes aegypti Culex quinquefasciatus Thai essential oil

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Soonwera, M.
Plant Production Technology Section, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand

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Repellent activity of Thai essential oils derived from ylang-ylang (Canaga odorata Lamk), lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus D.C., Stapf.) and citronella grass (Cymbopogon nardus L.) Rendle) were evaluated against female of Aedes aegypti L. and Culex quinquefasciatus Say and compared them with chemical repellent (IR3535, ethyl butylacetylamino propionate 12.5% w/w; Johnon’s Baby Clear Lotion Anti-Mosquito®). Each test repellent was applied at 0.17 and 0.33 µl/cm2 on the fore arms of volunteers. All essential oil repellents at 0.17µl/cm2 showed the lower protection time and percentage of protection against two mosquito species than at 0.33µl/cm2. All essential oil repellents exhibited higher repellent activity than chemical repellent. The essential oil of C. citratus at 0.33µl/cm2 exhibited excellent repellent activity with 98.67% protection from bites of Ae. Aegypti till 116.67±55.75 min. and 99.75% protection from bites of Culex quinquefasciatus till 128.33±12.89 min. However, repellent activity indicated the order of protection time and percentage of protection against two mosquito species in three essential oils as C. citratus oil > C. odorata oil > C. nardus oil. Data showed that C. citratus oil is proved to be green repellent or friendly repellent in mosquito control, safe for human and friendly for environment.

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Soonwera, M. (2015). Mosquito repellent from Thai essential oils against dengue fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti L.) and filaria mosquito vector (Culex quinquefasciatus Say). International Journal of Agricultural Technology, 11(1), 77–88. retrieved from https://li04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJAT/article/view/6001
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