Currently, the use of synthetic chemicals to control insects and arthropods raises several
concerns related to environment and human health. An alternative is to use natural products …

The control of insect pests and vectors is a timely challenge for public health. The prevention
of bites from bloodsucking insect species is based to a large extent on the use of chemical …

Certain essential plant oils, widely used as fragrances and flavors in the perfume and food
industries, have long been reputed to repel insects. Recent investigations in several …

In spite of intensive research on plant natural products and insect-plant chemical
interactions over the past three decades, only two new types of botanical insecticides have …

BACKGROUND: The objective of this work was to evaluate the insecticidal and repellent
effect of essential oils of Eucalyptus dunnii, E. saligna, E. benthamii, E. globulus and E …

The development of effective and safe repellents against arthropods is very important,
because there are no effective vaccines against arthropod‐borne viruses (arboviruses) and …

Insecticidal action of plant essential oils has been an area of intensive research in the new
millennium, according to a recent bibliometric analysis. Despite this overwhelming research …

Aromatic plants have broad-spectrum applications in many life aspects and possess rich
volatile essential oil components. Pure essential oils have been divided into two groups as …

Interest in the discovery and development of plant essential oils for use as bioinsecticides
has grown enormously in the past 20 years. However, successful commercialization and …

A large number of plant essential oils have been used against diverse insect pests. Unlike
conventional pesticides, usually these natural products present less risk to humans and the …