Table 3.
Essential oils in vitro activity through filter paper test (% mortality) against mature stage (adults) of Ctenocephalides felis felis after 24 and 48 h
| Essential oils (μg cm−2) | AZ | C | LN | MS | OG | CN | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (hours) | 24 | 48 | 24 | 48 | 24 | 48 | 24 | 48 | 24 | 48 | 24 | 48 |
| 800 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 60 | 75 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 400 | 15 | 20 | 100 | 100 | 40 | 50 | 30 | 45 | 100 | 100 | 40 | 50 |
| 200 | 5 | 5 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 25 |
| 100 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 100 | 100 | 5 | 15 |
| 50 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 5 | 10 |
| 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 90 | 10 | 10 |
| 6.25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 75 | 5 | 15 |
| 3.125 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 35 | 15 | 20 |
| 1.562 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 |
Essential oil of Alpinia zerumbet (AZ), Mentha spicata (MS), Cymbopogon nardus (CN), Ocimum gratissimum (OG), Laurus nobilis (LN) and Cinnamomum spp. (C).