Piper species are aromatic plants used as spices in the kitchen, but their secondary
metabolites have also shown biological effects on human health. These plants are rich in …

Mosquitoes serve as vectors for a wide variety of human and veterinary pathogens and
parasites and cause extensive morbidity and mortality, and are a major economic burden …

Mosquitoes are a serious threat to the society, acting as vector to several dreadful diseases.
Mosquito management programes profoundly depend on the routine of chemical …

This review aims to describe essential oils and their constituent compounds that exhibit
bioactivity against Aedes aegypti L.(Diptera: Culicidae) larvae, the immature stage of the …

Plants naturally produce bioactive compounds along with many secondary metabolites
which serve as defensive chemical against herbivorers including insect pests. One group of …

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

Mosquitoes are the potential vectors of several viral diseases such as filariasis, malaria,
dengue, yellow fever, Zika fever and encephalitis in humans as well as other species …

In the search for alternatives to conventional insecticides, essential oils extracted from
aromatic plants have been widely investigated. Their toxicities toward insects were of …

The Piper genus is the most representative of the Piperaceae reaching around 2000 species
distributed in the pantropical region. In the Neotropics, its species are represented by herbs …

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 …