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 …

Essential oils and their volatile constituents are used widely to prevent and treat human
disease. The possible role and mode of action of these natural products is discussed with …

Geraniol is a commercially important terpene alcohol occurring in the essential oils of
several aromatic plants. It is one of the most important molecules in the flavour and …

In the fight against arthropod crop pests using plant secondary metabolites, most research
has focussed on the identification of bioactive molecules. Several hundred candidate plant …

The mosquito Anopheles gambiae is the major vector of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. It
locates its human hosts primarily through olfaction, but little is known about the molecular …

The use of natural and synthetic repellents, marketed in different pharmaceutical forms, is
growing in the world due to the emerging vector-borne viral diseases as Dengue, Zika …

Plectranthus is a large and widespread genus with a diversity of ethnobotanical uses. The
genus is plagued with numerous nomenclatural disharmonies that make it difficult to collate …

Copaiba oleoresins are exuded from the trunks of trees of the Copaifera species
(Leguminosae-Caesalpinoideae). This oleoresin is a solution of diterpenoids, especially …

AIMS OF THE STUDY: Commercially important indigenous medicinal plants of southern
Africa are reviewed in the context of fundamental knowledge about their ethnobotany …

Mosquitoes are important vectors of diseases and nuisance pests. Repellents minimize
contact with mosquitoes. Repellents based on essential oils (EO) are being developed as an …