A bioassay for natural insect repellents

Autor:	Eddie Hang Chio, En-Cheng Yang
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Neem oil Aedes albopictus biology Chenopodium media_common.quotation_subject Insect Azadirachta biology.organism_classification Toxicology Test material Insect Science Botany Bioassay Insect repellent media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 11:225-227
ISSN:	1226-8615
DOI:	10.1016/j.aspen.2008.08.002
Popis:	A practical bioassay for natural product insect repellents was developed and validated. The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) was used in this study. Djulis (Chenopodium spp.), an indigenous plant from Taiwan, provided better insect repellency than neem tree (Azadirachta indica) oil, a well-known insect repellent. The % repellency of each test material was converted to 50% effective dosage (ED50) by probit analysis for better comparison between test materials. The ED50 for insect repellency in descending order was djulis leave extract (0.532%), neem oil (0.579%); djulis seed extract (0.930%) and sea lily (Crinoid spp.) (1.022%).
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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