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. 2013 Dec 23;8(12):e82103. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082103

Table 1. Plant extracts chosen from the literature [9], [13], [14], [16], [21], [53] for their effects on insects, non-toxicity to humans and main compounds.

Common name Scientific name Extract form,extracted organ Major compounds (%)1 Provider
Aframomum Aframomum pruinosum Essential oil, leaf E-(R)-nerolidol (95%) IBMM*, France
Cinnamon Cinnamomum zeylanicum Essential oil, bark Cinnamaldehyde (80%) Nactis, France
Citronella Cymbopogon winterianus Essential oil, leaf citronellal (34%) – geraniol (22%) –citronellol (12%) Nactis, France(Lot 4001850)
Coleus Plectranthus tenuicaulis Essential oil, leaf Epoxyocimene (74.4%) IBMM, France
Coriander Coriandrum sativum Essential oil, seed (+)-linalool (72%) Fabster, France
Cumin Cuminum cyminum Essential oil, seed Cuminaldehyde (30%) Ipra, France(Lot 902560)
Dill Anethum graveolens Essential oil, seed (+)-carvone (60%) – limonene (30%) IBMM, France
Eucalyptus Eucalyptus globulus Essential oil, leaf 1,8-cineole (81%) Huiles & Sens, France(Lot B38037)
Geranium Pelargonium graveolens Essential oil, leaf citronellol (41%) – geraniol (18%) IBMM, France
Ginger Zingiber officinalis Essential oil, root Zingiberene (30%) Ipra, France(Lot 902724)
Lemon Citrus limon Essential oil, fruit Limonene (95%) Capua, Italy(Lot 20500)
Lemongrass Cymbopogon citratus Essential oil, leaf Citral (geranial, neral) (75%) IBMM, France
Litsea Litsea cubeba Essential oil, leaf Geranial (45%), neral (32%) IBMM, France
Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium Essential oil, leaf (+)-pulegone (87%) IBMM, France
Neem Melia azadirachta Vegetal oil, seed azadirachtin (<1%) Huiles & Sens, France(Lot 00028/11)
Pepper Piper nigrum Essential oil, seed ß-caryophyllene (30%), limonene (14%),pinenes (14%) IBMM, France
Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis Biologic hydrolat, leaf 1,8-cineole (<1%), camphene (<1%),camphor (<1%) Huiles & Sens, France(Lot EB815N002)
Savory Satureja montana Essential oil, leaf Carvacrol (47%), γ-terpinene (18%),p-cymene (13%) Huiles & Sens, France(Lot B854002)
Solidage Solidago canadensis Essential oil, leaf Germacrene D (32%) - Limonene (13%) Huiles & Sens, France (Lot A2)
Thyme Thymus vulgaris L. Essential oil, leaf Thymol (35%), p-cymene (23%),carvacrol (15%) Huiles & Sens, France (Lot A2)
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The percentage composition of the essential oil xas computed by the normalization method from GC/FID analyses, response factors being taken as one for all compounds.

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Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, Montpellier, France.