Repellent effects of the essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus and Tagetes minuta on the sandfly, Phlebotomus duboscqi

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Kimutai, Albert ^a   Ngeiywa, Moses ^b   Mulaa, Margaret ^b   Njagi, Peter G N ^a   Ingonga, Johnstone ^c   Nyamwamu, Lydia B ^d   Ombati, Cyprian ^a   Ngumbi, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KABIANGA   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELDORET   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cymbopogon citratus; Essential oil; Lemon grass; Mexican marigold; Phlebotomus duboscqi; Repellent; Tagetes minuta L.

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; CYMBOPOGON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAGETES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CRICETINAE; CYMBOPOGON; DEET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PLANT OILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAGETES;

EID: 85012868693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2396-0     Document Type: Article

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