Are commercially available essential oils from australian native plants repellent to mosquitoes?

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-300

  Maguranyi, Suzann K ^a   Webb, Cameron E ^a   Mansfield, Sarah ^a   Russell, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botanical insect repellent; Deet; Essential oils; Eucalyptus; Melaleuca; Personal protection practice

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; EUCALYPTUS; HEXAPODA; LEPTOSPERMUM; LEPTOSPERMUM PETERSONII; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; PROSTANTHERA MELISSIFOLIA;

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EUCALYPTUS; HUMAN; MELALEUCA; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CULICIDAE; DEET; EUCALYPTUS; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MELALEUCA; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS;

EID: 73349133047     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/09-0016.1     Document Type: Article

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