Table1.

List of essential oils of botanical origin with known acaricidal and insecticidal
properties

Essential Oil Plant species origin Major component Mite/other Reference

identified or tested arthropod species
tested
Eucalyptus Eucalyptus citriodora 6-octenal Dermanyssus [19]
E. staigeriana 2,6-octadien-1-ol gallinae (poultry
bicyclohex-2-ene red mite)
E.globulus 1,8 cineole
E.radiata 1,8 cineole
Manuka Leptospermum *components not D. gallinae [20]
scoparium tested
Cade Juniperus oxycedrus
Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium
Thyme Thymus vulgaris
Garlic Allium sativum
Clove bud oil Eugenia
Cinnamon bark caryophyllata
(most acaricidal Cinnamomum.
out of 50 tested) zeylanicum

Lavender Lavandula linalool Psoroptes cuniculi [21]

angustifolia (rabbit mite)
Eugenia E. caryophyllata *Components not P. cuniculi [22]
tested
Lavender L. officinalis linalool Varroa desructor [23]
Lavendin L hybrida (honeybee mite)
Laurel Laurus nobilis 1,8 cineole Apis mellifera
Thyme Thymus vulgaris thymol (honey bee)
Rosemary Rosmarinus 1,8 cineole Tetranychus [24]
officinalis camphor urticae (two-
alpa-pinene spotted spider mite)

Citrus peel Citrus sinensis var limonene T. urticae [25]

pena alpha-pinene
C. senensis var myrcene
mimo linalool
C. aurantium eugenol
phosphine

Lippia Lippia sidoides thymol T.urticae [26]

carvacrol
Pine Pinus pinea 1,8 cineole, Tyrophagus [27]
limonene putrescentiae
(stored food mite)
Table1 (continued)
Essential Oil Plant species origin Major component Mite/other Reference
identified or tested arthropod species
tested
Clove bud E. caryophyllata acetyleugenol T. putrescentiae [28]
beta-caryophyllene
eugenol
alpha-humulene
isoeugenol
methyleugenol

Clove bud E. caryophyllata eugenol, Dermatophagoides [29]

acetyleugenol farinae,
isoeugenol, methyl D.pteronyssinus
eugenol (house dust mite)
Cassia bark Cinnamomum E-cinnamaldehyde D. farinae [30]
Cassia zeylanicum salicylaldehyde D. pteronyssinus
Cinnamon benzaldehyde
menthol, thymol
alpha terpineol

Leptospermum Leptospermum 6-isovaleryl-2,2,4,4- D. farinae [31]

scoparium tetramethyl-1,3,5- D. pteronyssinus
cyclohexanetrione T. putrescentiae
2,2,4,4,6,6-
hexamethyl-1,3,5-
cyclohexanetrione
Tea tree Malaleuca terpinen-4-ol Sarcoptes scabiei [32]
alternifolia alpha-terpineol var hominis (human
1,8-cineole mite)
Lippia Lippia multiflora *components not S. scabiei var [33]
tested hominis (human
mite)
P. humanus
corporis (body
louse)
P. humanus capitis
(head louse)
Eucalyptus Corymbia citriodora para-menthane-3,8- Ixodes ricinus (tick) [34]
diol
Hesperozygis Hesperozygis pulegone Boophilus [35]
ringens microplus (cattle
tick)
Clove Syzygium *components not Tribolium [36]
aromaticum tested castaneum (stored
grain beetle)
Sitophylus zeamais
(maize weevil)
Cymbopogon Cymbopogon geranial T. castaneum [37]
citratus neral
Eucalyptus geraniol, citronellal
E. citriadora isopulegol,citronellol
Table1 (continued)
Essential Oil Plant species origin Major component Mite/other Reference
identified or tested arthropod species
tested
Artemisia Artemisia capillaris 1, 8 cineole S. zeamais [38]
germacrene D
camphor
A.mongolica alpha-pinene
germacrene D
gamma terpinene
(above components
derived but not
tested)
Clove bud E. caryophyllata eugenol, isoeugenol, P. capitis (head [39]
methyl eugenol louse)
Clove E. caryophyllata *Components not P. humanus capitis [40]
Eucalyptus E. globulus tested; binary
mixtures tested
Mentha Mentha spicata piperitenone oxide Culex pipiens [41]
M. longifolia 1,8 cineole
M. suaveolens
Melissa Melissa officinalis
Salvia Salvia fruticosa
S.pomifera(calycina)
S.pomifera(pomifera
)