Basic HTML Version
JOURNAL OF MOSQUITO RESEARCH
101
Table 2 Repellent activity of plants against mosquitoes
Plant leaves
House
Azadirachta indica
Citrus medica
Murraya koenigii
Ocimum tenuifloreum
Ricinus communis
1
+++
+
++
++
++
2
+++
+
+++
++
++
3
++
++
+++
+++
+
4
++
++
+
+
++
Note: +++: 75% activity; ++: 50% activity; +: 25% activity
of the experiment, pre treatment questionnaires were
distributed to people to evaluate the status of nuisance
caused by the mosquitoes to the people residing in the
houses where the experiment was conducted and
likewise a post treatment questionnaire after the
experiment.
Acknowledgements
Authors are thankful to Star College Scheme of Department of
Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India for the financial
assistance rendered in carrying the research work.
References
Amer A., and Mehlhorn H., 2006, Repellency effect of forty
one essential oils against
Aedes
,
Anopheles
and
Culex
mosquitoes, Parasitology Research, 99: 478-490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-006-0182-3
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-006-0184-1
PMid:16642384
Ansari M.A., and Razdan R.K., 1996, Operational feasibility of
malaria control by burning neem oil on kerosene lamp in
Bell Akbarpur village, Ghaziabad District, India, Indian
Journal of Malariology, 33: 81-87
PMid:8952172
Ansari M.A., Vasudevan P., Tandon M., and Razdan R.K., 2000,
Larvicidal and mosquito repellent action of peppermint
(
Mentha piperita
) oil, Bioresource Technology, 71:
267-271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00079-6
Barnard D.R., 2000, Repellents and toxicants for personal
protection: W.H.O. – Geneva
Blackwell A., Stuart A.E., and Estambale B.A., 2003, The
repellent and antifeedant activity of oil of
Myria gale
against
Aedes aegypti
mosquitoes and its enhancement by
the addition of salicyluric acid, Proceedings of the Royal
College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 35: 209-214
Brown M., and Hebert A.A., 1997, Insect repellents: an
overview, Journal of American Academic Dermatology, 36:
243-249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0190-9622(97)70289-5
Chadwick P.R., 1985, Mosquito coils protect against bites,
Parasitology Today, 1(3): 90-91
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-4758(85)90052-3
Charlwood J.D., and Jolley D., 1984, The coil work against
mosquito in New Guinea, Transactions of the Royal
Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 78: 678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(84)90238-4
Choochote W., Chaithong U., Kamsuk K., Jitpakdi A.,
Tippawangkosol P., Tuetun B., Champakaew D., and
Pitasawat B., 2007, Repellent activity of selected essential
oils against
Aedes aegypti
, Fitoterapia, 78: 359-364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2007.02.006
PMid:17512681
Curtis C.F., Lines J.D., Lu B., and Renz A., 1990, Natural and
synthetic repellents in appropriate technology in vector
control, pp.75-92
Dua V.K., Nagpal B.N., and Sharma V.P., 1995, Repellent
action of neem cream against mosquitoes, Indian Journal
of Malariology, 32: 47-53
PMid:7589727
Eun L.S., 2000, Mosquito larvicidal activity of pipernonaline, a
piperine alkalid derived from long pepper,
Piper longum
,
Journal of American Mosquito Control Association,
16(13): 245-247
Fatope M.O., Ibrahim H., and Takeda Y., 1993, Screening of
higher plants reputed as pesticides using the brine shrimp
Journal of Mosquito Research