THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEMONGRASS (CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS)

AND GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) AS A

MOSQUITO REPELLENT CANDLE

A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty of the

Senior Department of Eduardo Cojuangco
National Vocational High School
Paniqui, Tarlac

In Partial Fufillment of the Requirements for

Academic Track Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics

ABRAHAM, DARREN
AÑONUEVO, ELINOR
CATIGAY, ADRIAN
CHANCHICO, JOHN GLENUEL
SACRAMENTO, JULIANE
April 2020
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ABSTRACT

Title: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEMONGRASS (CYMBOPOGON

CITRATUS) AND GARLIC (ALLIUM SATIVUM) AS A NATURAL
MOSQUITO REPELLENT

Researchers: Abraham, Darren D.; Añonuevo, Elinor B.; Catigay, Adrian D.;
Chanchico, John Glenuel; Sacramento, Juliane Loise S.

Strand: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Institution: Eduardo Cojuangco National Vocational High School

Mosquito repellents are substances that help people avoid mosquito bites, it is

formulated for use on bare skin. Also, these are dissimilar from insecticides in that the

latter are used to kill insects. Thus, the purpose of this study was to identify if the

hypotheses were related to the result of this study. The effectiveness test was used to test

the candle to know its capability in repelling mosquitoes. The result of the research

indicated that the hypothesis, if there is a possibility that the combination of lemongrass

and garlic as a candle will be effective in repelling mosquitoes, was proven through the

test used by the researchers. Also, the effectiveness of the candle is based on the size, the

larger the candle, the better. In this findings, the researchers concluded that by the use of

combining the lemongrass and garlic in a candle, it is effective to use as a natural

mosquito repellent.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to express their deepest gratitude to all the people who have

been part of this research work and meaningfully contributed for the very successful

completion.

First and foremost, praises and thanks to the Almighty God for His showers of

blessings throughout the research work to complete it successfully.

We, the researchers, would like to extend our profound gratitude to our adviser Ms.

Ely Daquigan, for her patience, expertise and knowledge that has made this study a

meaningful and effective one.

We, the researchers, would also like to thank Mrs. Teresa Sacramento for helping and

guiding us in making a candle.

To Mr. Christian Vidad for providing us technical advice on how to execute this

research.

And lastly to our parents, without them none of this would indeed be possible.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page

TITLE PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv

Chapter

1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Hypotheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Significance of the study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Scope and limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Definition of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERARURE AND STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Related Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Related Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Collection of raw materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Preparation of raw materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Process of extracting the lemongrass and garlic oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Process in making mosquito repellent scented candle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Mosquito repellent candle effectiveness test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4 RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

5 DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

New findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

A Pictures during the making of candle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

CURRICULUM VITAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29