BACKGROUND Some plant essential oils have insecticidal properties against mosquitoes
and can be harnessed as ecofriendly tools for mosquito control. We conducted bioassays to …

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 …

Five aromatic plants, Carum carvi (caraway), Apium graveolens (celery), Foeniculum
vulgare (fennel), Zanthoxylum limonella (mullilam) and Curcuma zedoaria (zedoary) were …

The massive use of synthetic insecticides led to negative effects on the environment and
human health. Therefore, researchers looked at natural products as effective alternatives to …

Essential oils (EOs) from plants may be alternative sources of molecules toxic against
mosquito vectors of public health relevance. Most of researches in this field focused on EOs …

The larvicidal activity of essential oils (EOs) extracted from Cymbopogon citratus,
Cymbopogon winterianus, Eucalyptus citriodora, and Eucalyptus camaldulensis aromatic …

The mosquito Aedes aegypti L.(Diptera: Culicidae) is a vector of arboviral diseases such as
dengue fever. Currently, the main approach to mosquito control is the application of …

Lamiaceae have traditionally been used in developing countries for their insecticidal and
repellent properties against several insect species. In our research, the essential oil (EO) …

Laboratory bioassays on insecticidal activity of essential oils (EOs) extracted from six
Mediterranean plants (Achillea millefolium, Lavandula angustifolia, Helichrysum italicum …

Essential oils are natural plant products that are very interesting, as they are important
sources of biologically active compounds. They comprise eco-friendly alternatives to …