Repellent effect of sweet basil compounds on Ixodes ricinus ticks

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 219-228

  Del Fabbro, Simone ^a   Nazzi, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basil; Eugenol; Ixodes ricinus; Linalool; Ocimum basilicum; Tick repellents

Indexed keywords

EUGENOL; INSECT REPELLENT; LINALOOL; TERPENE;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTIONATION; HERB; ODOR; PHENOL; PLANT PRODUCT; REPELLENT; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASIL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRACTIONATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; EUGENOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODES; MONOTERPENES; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 51349118083     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9182-6     Document Type: Article

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