Chemical composition and repellency of essential oils from four medicinal plants against ixodes ricinus nymphs (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1067-1075

  El Seedi, Hesham R ^a,b   Khalil, Nasr S ^c   Azeem, Muhammad ^d   Taher, Eman A ^b   Göransson, Ulf ^a   Pålsson, Katinka ^d   Borg Karlson, Anna Karin ^d,e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Menoufia University   (Egypt)

^c PLANT PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

essential oil; GC MS; Ixodes ricinus; medicinal plant

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGYPT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LAMIACEAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NYMPH;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODES; LAMIACEAE; NYMPH; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ACARI; DRYOBALANOPS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; LAMIACEAE; MENTHA SPICATA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; ORIGANUM MAJORANA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84866384522     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11250     Document Type: Article

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