Mosquito repellent activity and phytochemical characterization of essential oils from Striga

hermonthica, Hyptis spicigera and Ocimum basilicum leaf extracts

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Mosquito repellent activity and phytochemical characterization of essential oils from Striga
hermonthica, Hyptis spicigera and Ocimum basilicum leaf extracts

Gabi Baba, AO Lawal, Hauwa B Shariff

British Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 3 (2), 43-48, 2012

The main aim of this study is to screen the phytochemicals and compare the mosquito repellent
activities of essential oils from Hyptis spicigera, Striga hermonthica and Ocimum basilicum (Basil) against
Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus under laboratory conditions. The global threat of
malaria to human race and the need to control its advances is on the focus. Mosquito is the target being
the primary host in the spread of malaria. Alkaloids, saponnins, steroids, tannins and terpenoids were
present in all the 3 oils. Cardiac glycosides were detected in both H. Spicigera and Striga hermonthica,
while anthraquinone and phlobatin were present in Striga hermonthica and Hyptis spicigera,
respectively. The FTIR spectrum revealed the presence of C= O, Cl, COC, OH, CN, S= O and NO2. These
correlate with the functional groups in the identified phytochemicals. At 50% concentration, O.
Basilicum and Hyptis spicigera oil exhibited higher repellant potential on Anopheles gambiae with
protection time of 183 and 120 min, respectively, while H. Spicigera and S. Hermonthica had protection
time of 180 and 175 min, respectively against Anopheles gambiae. At 100% concentration, O. Basilicum
oil exhibited the highest protection time against the two species of mosquito tested and at all the
concentrations. O. Basilicum was equally potent against Culex quinquefasciatus with 180 min protection
time. S. Hermonthica had more repellent potential against Culex quinquefasciatus. The essential oils of
Striga hermontica, Ocimum basilicum and Hyptis spicigera leaf extracts have been confirmed to have
potentials as mosquito repellent agents against Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus.

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Repellent activities of the essential oils of four Sudanese accessions of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)
against Anopheles mosquito

Azhari H Nour, Salah A Elhussein, Nour A Osman, Abduelrahman H Nour

J Appl Sci 9, 2645-2648, 2009

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) of the Labiatae is an important culinary herb and essential oil source widely
recognized worldwide, though much less in Sudan. The essential oil of 4 basil accessions were assessed
for mosquito repellency were suggested. Basil seed accessions were collected as seeds and grown at the
University of Gezira farm, Wad Medani, Sudan. All four essential oil conferred complete mosquito
repellency (assayed by the human-bait technique) lasting for 1.5 to 2.5 h per one application of 0.1 mL
to a volunteer’s arm. Repellency generally decreased with bioassay time. The experimental results
obtained from this study suggest that essential oil of basil are promising as repellents at 0.1%
concentration against Anopheles mosquito and could be useful in the search for new natural repellent
compounds.
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Plants traditionally used as mosquito repellents and the implication for their use in vector control

Rungarun Tisgratog, Unchalee Sanguanpong, John P Grieco, Ratchadawan Ngoen-Kluan, Theeraphap

Chareonviriyaphap

Acta tropica 157, 136-144, 2016

Numerous plants with insect repelling properties are native to the tropics where they are produced for a
wide range of medicinal purposes. In Thailand, these native plant species have a history of use for
personal protection against biting insects. From our investigation we identified 37 plant species within
14 plant families that showed some mosquito repellent properties. Of these, 9 plant species were
characterized using an excito-repellency test system against several Thai mosquito species. Results from
these studies revealed that five essential oils …

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The perception of Pelargonium citrosum (Lin) and Ocimum basilicum (Lin) as mosquito repellent plants

Imelda Menchaca Armenta, Moisés Ocampo Torres, Karen Zamora

Because of their repellent compounds, diverse plants have been recognized as an alternative for
mosquito control. In 2017, three experimental groups were established with allocation per plant: 1)
Pelargonium citrosum, 2) Ocimum basilicum, and 3) P. Citrosum plus O. Basilicum. The inhabitants
perception of the plants repellent properties were evaluated twice. Three categories for plant repellent
perception according to the number of mosquitos were established: 1) no change, 2) reduction and 3)
increase. A median of six inhabitants per household was found with a median of two rooms per
household. 84.6% of plants were placed in rooms and 19.6%. In front of the house. No significant
difference was found between measures of perception; however, O. Basilicum had the highest
percentage of repellent perception compared to P. Citrosum. O. Basilicum is an alternative mosquito
repellent for household use.

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