Essential oils and their bioactive compounds as eco-friendly novel green pesticides for management of storage insect pests: Prospects and retrospects

AK Chaudhari, VK Singh, A Kedia, S Das… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The control of storage insect pests is largely based on synthetic pesticides. However, due to
fast growing resistance in the targeted insects, negative impact on humans and non-target …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation, stability and biological activity of essential oil-based nano emulsions: A comprehensive review

IR Singh, AK Pulikkal - OpenNano, 2022 - Elsevier
The global concern of health and care has ever been on a rise. With the growing awareness
of the negative impacts of chemicals on the human health, there have been extensive …

Chemical composition of the essential oils and extracts of Achillea species and their biological activities: A review

M Mohammadhosseini, SD Sarker… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance The Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) family
incorporates a large number of flowering plants, which have been classified under ca. 1600 …

Pimpinella anisum essential oil nanoemulsions against Tribolium castaneum—insecticidal activity and mode of action

AS Hashem, SS Awadalla, GM Zayed, F Maggi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
The red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), is an
economically important pest of stored products. As possible alternative to conventional …

Emulsions containing essential oils, their components or volatile semiochemicals as promising tools for insect pest and pathogen management

A Lucia, E Guzmán - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Most of the traditional strategies used for facing the management of insect pest and diseases
have started to fail due to different toxicological issues such as the resistance of target …

Eco-efficient systems based on nanocarriers for the controlled release of fertilizers and pesticides: Toward smart agriculture

P Fincheira, N Hoffmann, G Tortella, A Ruiz, P Cornejo… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The excessive application of pesticides and fertilizers has generated losses in biological
diversity, environmental pollution, and harmful effects on human health. Under this context …

Preparation of Thymus vulgaris (L.) essential oil nanoemulsion and its chitosan encapsulation for controlling mosquito vectors

P Gupta, S Preet, Ananya, N Singh - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Here, we report a novel comparative assessment of preparation and characterization of
thyme oil nanoemulsion and its chitosan encapsulation using high energy approach for the …

Natural enemy enhancement and botanical insecticide source: a review of dual use companion plants

BW Amoabeng, AC Johnson, GM Gurr - Applied entomology and zoology, 2019 - Springer
Intensive agriculture, which is associated with heavy inputs of synthetic insecticides, has
serious ecological impacts, leading to loss of vital ecosystem services including insect …

Efficacy and role of essential oils as bio-insecticide against the pulse beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) in post-harvest crops

I Mssillou, H Saghrouchni, M Saber, AJ Zannou… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Callosobruchus maculatus (Fab.) is considered as the most harmful pulse beetle attacking
stored grains. Since synthetic pesticides have numerous disadvantages to human health …

Food-grade colloidal systems for the delivery of essential oils

M Fathi, M Vinceković, S Jurić, M Viskić… - Food Reviews …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This review presents a critical analysis of food-grade delivery systems, which are suitable for
the delivery of essential oils (EOs) for food applications. In particular, the main colloidal …