Use of botanical pesticides in agriculture as an alternative to synthetic pesticides

PM Ngegba, G Cui, MZ Khalid, G Zhong - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pest management is being confronted with immense economic and environmental issues
worldwide because of massive utilization and over-reliance on pesticides. The non-target …

Botanical insecticides in the twenty-first century—fulfilling their promise?

MB Isman - Annual Review of Entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Academic interest in plant natural products with insecticidal properties has continued to
grow in the past 20 years, while commercialization of new botanical insecticides and market …

[HTML][HTML] Thymol bioactivity: A review focusing on practical applications

A Escobar, M Perez, G Romanelli, G Blustein - Arabian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thymol is a natural volatile monoterpenoid phenol that is the main active ingredient of oil
extracted from species Thymus vulgaris L., commonly known as thyme, and other plants …

Essential oils as multicomponent mixtures and their potential for human health and well-being

M Bunse, R Daniels, C Gründemann… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Essential oils (EOs) and their individual volatile organic constituents have been an inherent
part of our civilization for thousands of years. They are widely used as fragrances in …

Essential oils and their individual components in cosmetic products

E Guzmán, A Lucia - Cosmetics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current consumer demands together with the international regulations have pushed the
cosmetic industry to seek new active ingredients from natural renewable sources for …

Plant-based bioinsecticides for mosquito control: Impact on insecticide resistance and disease transmission

MŞ Şengül Demirak, E Canpolat - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mosquito-borne diseases cause millions of deaths each year. There has
been an increase in the use of insecticides to combat disease transmission caused by …

Essential oils as ecofriendly biopesticides? Challenges and constraints

R Pavela, G Benelli - Trends in plant science, 2016 - cell.com
Recently, a growing number of plant essential oils (EOs) have been tested against a wide
range of arthropod pests with promising results. EOs showed high effectiveness, multiple …

Commercial development of plant essential oils and their constituents as active ingredients in bioinsecticides

MB Isman - Phytochemistry reviews, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Natural protective agents and their applications as bio-preservatives in the food industry: An overview of current and future applications

S Amiri, ZM Moghanjougi, MR Bari… - Italian Journal of Food …, 2021 - itjfs.com
Today, the usage of natural additives in the food matrix has increased. Natural antimicrobial
compounds include peptides, enzymes, bacteriocins, bacteriophages, plant extracts …

Use of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: Future perspectives

EVR Campos, PLF Proença, JL Oliveira, M Bakshi… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent decades have witnessed major growth in the use of agrochemicals worldwide,–for
maximizing the food production for a rapidly growing human population. However, the …