Table 6. Protective activity of S. guianensis essential oil against C. quinquefasciatus and A. aegypti.

Insect	Concentration of essential oil (µg/cm2/skin)	% of repellency (±SE)
		Time post application of repellent (min)
		5	15	30	60	120
A. aegypti	0.025	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	72 ± 2.2	46 ± 4.5	30 ± 5.0
	0.250	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	57 ± 5.0	52 ± 7.5
	0.450	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	81 ± 5.0	72 ± 4.0
	0.550	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0
	DEET	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	82 ±1.80	60 ± 2.10
C. quinquefasciatus	0.025	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	55 ± 2.5	30 ± 3.6
	0.250	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	48 ± 4.3	42 ± 3.5
	0.450	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0
	0.550	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0
	DEET*	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	90 ± 3.1	80 ± 2.0

Values are mean of five replications ± SE

*DEET = N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide at 14.55%