Botanical essential oils and uses as mosquitocides and repellents against dengue

Plants naturally produce bioactive compounds along with many secondary metabolites which serve as defensive chemical against herbivorers including insect pests. One group of these phytochemicals are the ‘Essential Oils’ (EO's), which possess an extensive range of biological activity especially...

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Published in:Environment international Vol. 113; pp. 214 - 230
Main Authors: Chellappandian, Muthiah, Vasantha-Srinivasan, Prabhakaran, Senthil-Nathan, Sengottayan, Karthi, Sengodan, Thanigaivel, Annamalai, Ponsankar, Athirstam, Kalaivani, Kandaswamy, Hunter, Wayne B.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2018
Subjects:
Aedes
animal pathogens
Animals
bioactive compounds
bioactive properties
Biosafety
chemical derivatives
cost effectiveness
Dengue
Dengue - prevention & control
Dengue - transmission
Dengue virus
Essential Oils
Humans
imagos
insect pests
insect repellents
Insect Repellents - analysis
Insect Repellents - chemistry
insect vectors
Insecticides - analysis
Insecticides - chemistry
Larva
larvae
mechanism of action
Mosquito Vectors
Oils, Volatile - chemistry
Phytochemicals
Plant Oils - chemistry
rural communities
secondary metabolites
Vector
Phytochemicals
Essential Oils
Biosafety
Vector
Dengue
ISSN:0160-4120, 1873-6750, 1873-6750
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Summary:Plants naturally produce bioactive compounds along with many secondary metabolites which serve as defensive chemical against herbivorers including insect pests. One group of these phytochemicals are the ‘Essential Oils’ (EO's), which possess an extensive range of biological activity especially insecticidal and insect repellents. This review provides a comprehensive viewpoint on potential modes of action of biosafety plant derived Essential Oils (EO's) along with their principal chemical derivatives against larvae and adult mosquito vectors of dengue virus. The development and use of Essential Oils (EO's) effectively applied in small rural communities provides an enormous potential for low cost effective management of insect vectors of human pathogens which cause disease. •Essential Oils’ (EO’s), which possess an extensive range of biological activity especially insecticidal and insect repellents.•The development and use of Essential Oils (EO’s) effectively applied in small rural communities provides an enormous potential for mosquito disease control.•Natural plant-derived EO product-based, innovation and development represents a complex enterprise requiring increased organization and standardization.
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ISSN:0160-4120
1873-6750
1873-6750
DOI:10.1016/j.envint.2017.12.038