Repellency effect of forty-one essential oils against Aedes, Anopheles, and Culex mosquitoes
Repellency effect of forty-one essential oils against Aedes, Anopheles, and Culex mosquitoes
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DOI：
10.1007/s00436-006-0184-1
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发表时间：
2006-09-01
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2
通讯作者：
Mehlhorn, Heinz
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作者：
Amer, Abdelkrim;Mehlhorn, Heinz
自古以来，植物制品就被广泛应用于各个方面。然而，随着化学产品的发展，它们对害虫的使用减少了。最近，对公共健康和环境安全的担忧增加，要求检测可能用于防治虫害的天然产品。在这项研究中，41种植物提取物和I-I油混合物在人体志愿者的皮肤上对黄热病蚊虫、埃及伊蚊、疟疾媒介斯氏按蚊、丝虫病和脑炎媒介致倦库蚊(双翅目：蚊科)的保护时间和驱避性进行了评价。最有效的5种精油是山苍子油、白千层油、尿力油、紫罗兰油和香草油，它们的保护期最长可达8h，对3种植物的驱避率均为100%。然而，这种效果需要一种特殊的配方来将它们固定在人体皮肤上。
Since ancient times, plant products were used in various aspects. However, their use against pests decreased when chemical products became developed. Recently, concerns increased with respect to public health and environmental security requiring detection of natural products that may be used against insect pests. In this study, 41 plant extracts and I I oil mixtures were evaluated against the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus), the malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi (Liston), and the filariasis and encephalitis vector, Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) (Diptera: Culicidae) using the skin of human volunteers to find out the protection time and repellency. The five most effective oils were those of Litsea (Litsea cubeba), Cajeput (Melaleuca leucadendron), Niaouli (Melaleuca quinquenervia), Violet (Viola odorata), and Catnip (Nepeta cataria), which induced a protection time of 8 h at the maximum and a 100% repellency against all three species. This effect needs, however, a peculiar formulation to fix them on the human skin.