Repellent activity of catmint, Nepeta cataria, and iridoid nepetalactone isomers against Afro-tropical mosquitoes, ixodid ticks and red poultry mites

Phytochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-114

  Birkett, Michael A ^a   Hassanali, Ahmed ^b,c   Hoglund, Solveig ^d   Pettersson, Jan ^d   Pickett, John A ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(E) (1R,9S) Caryophyllene; Anopheles gambiae; Culex quinquefasciatus; Dermanyssus gallinae; Nepeta cataria; Nepetalactones; Repellent; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLENE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; IRIDOID; NEPETALACTONE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; MITE; MOSQUITO; NEPETA; PARASITOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM; TICK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; CYCLOPENTANES; DEET; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; IRIDOIDS; LIVESTOCK; MITES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEPETA; PLANT OILS; PYRONES; SESQUITERPENES; STEREOISOMERISM; TICKS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACARI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE; IXODIDA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NEPETA; NEPETA CATARIA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 78650710475     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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