Efficacy of Thai herbal essential oils as green repellent against mosquito vectors

Acta Tropica

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-130

  Soonwera, Mayura ^a   Phasomkusolsil, Siriporn ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Cananga odorata oil; Culex quinquefasciatus; Cymbopogon citratus oil; Repellency

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHYL BUTYLACETYLAMINOPROPIONATE; INSECT REPELLENT; OLIVE OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ETHYL-3-(N-N-BUTYL-N-ACETYL)AMINOPROPIONATE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

DISEASE VECTOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; HERB; MOSQUITO; REPELLENT;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CANANGA; CANANGA ODORATA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MALE; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANNONACEAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULEX; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; POACEAE; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ANNONACEAE; CANANGA ODORATA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; GLYCINE MAX; POACEAE;

ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; ANNONACEAE; CULEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OILS, VOLATILE; POACEAE; PROPIONATES; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916620293     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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