In the last decades, major research efforts have been done to investigate the insecticidal
activity of plant-based products against mosquitoes. This is a modern and timely challenge …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Aquilaria spp.(agarwood) has been a part of Ayurvedic
and Traditional Chinese Medicine for centuries. Agarwood has also been used as a …

Natural chemicals have considerable potential for vector management because these
chemicals are safer than conventional insecticides on account of their rapid environmental …

Essential oils from 22 aromatic plant species were tested for mortality of the mosquito larvae
Culex quinquefasciatus. Lethal concentrations were determined for individual essential oils …

Twelve monoterpenes were evaluated for larvicidal and adulticidal activities towards Culex
pipiens. Geraniol and cuminaldehyde were the most toxic monoterpenes to larvae, with …

This study aimed to model the kinetic of hydro-distillation of Aquilaria malaccensis leaves oil
in order to understand and optimize the extraction process. In addition, this study, for the first …

A utilização de plantas para o controle de insetos tem aumentado em todo o mundo. Isto
ocorre porque os inseticidas vegetais apresentam moléculas biodegradáveis, são menos …

Efficacy of 25 essential oils was screened against filarial vector, Culex quinquefasciatus, for
their larvicidal and knockdown effects in a preliminary study. Of these, 8 oils viz. calamus oil …

Thirteen simple phenols and 8 phenolic acids were tested for toxicity to Culex
quinquefasciatus larvae and Musca domestica adults. It was found that while the phenolic …

Mosquitoes are the crucial vectors for a number of mosquito-borne infectious diseases ie
dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, malaria, Rift Valley fever, elephantiasis, Japanese …