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. 2020 Jul 31;25(15):3484. doi: 10.3390/molecules25153484

Table 2.

Adulticidal, repellent and oviposition activities of essential oils against the Ae. aegypti mosquito.

Plant Species Family Country Part Used Activity Results Time of Analysis (h) Reference
Acantholippia seriphioides (A. Gray) Moldenke Verbenaceae Argentina ND Repellent 100% of repellency at 50% 1.2 [63]
Aloysia citriodora Palau Verbenaceae Argentina ND Repellent 100% of repellency at 12.5% 1.5 [63]
Alpinia purpurata (Viell.) K. Schum. Zingiberaceae Brazil Red flowers Oviposition Oviposition disruptive effect ND [67]
Pink flowers Oviposition Oviposition disruptive effect ND [67]
Baccharis spartioides (Hook. & Arn.) Remy Asteraceae Argentina ND Repellent 100% of repellency at 12.5% 1.5 [63]
Croton rhamnifolioides Pax & K. Hoffm. Euphorbiaceae Brazil Leaves Oviposition Only 30% of oviposition at 100.0 µg/mL 16 [70]
Eucalyptus nitens (H. Deane & Maiden) Maiden Myrtaceae Argentina Leaves Repellent 100% pure repellency 1.5 [62]
Eucalyptus saligna Sm. Myrtaceae Argentina ND Repellent 100% of repellency at 50% 1.5 [63]
Illicium verum Hook. f. Illiciaceae Brazil Fruit Adulticide LC50 10.30 µg/mg female
LC90 17.50 µg/mg female		 24 [54]
Minthostachys mollis Griseb Lamiaceae Argentina ND Repellent 100% of repellency at 50% 1.0 [63]
Myristica fragrans Houtt. Myristicaceae Brazil Seeds Adulticide LC50 18.50 µg/mg female
LC90 31.90 µg/mg female		 24 [54]
Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) A.W. Hill Apiaceae Thailand Fruit Adulticide (p-s) LC50 6.01 µg/mg female
LC90 9.39 µg/mg female		 24 [60]
Adulticide (p-r) LC50 6.15 µg/mg female
LC90 9.82 µg/mg female		 24 [60]
Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. Myrtaceae Brazil Fruit Adulticide LC50 16.6 µg/mg female
LC90 31.4 µg/mg female		 24 [54]
Pluchea carolinensis (Jack.) G. Asteraceae Martinica Leaves and flowers Repellent 36.6% of repellency at 1.0% ND [79]
Irritant 66.2% of irritation at 0.1% ND [79]
Rosmarinus officinalis L. Lamiaceae Argentina ND Repellent 100% of repellency at 50% 1.5 [63]
Sphaeranthus indicus L. Asteraceae India Leaves Repellent 100% of repellency at 200 ppm 3.5 [77]
Adulticide 100% of mortality at 800 ppm 24 [77]
Tagetes minuta L. Asteraceae Argentina ND Repellent 100% of repellency at 25% 1.5 [63]

LC50 lethal concentration required to kill 50% of the mosquito population, LC90 lethal concentration required to kill 90% of the mosquito population, ND not described, p-s pyrethroid-susceptible, p-r pyrethroid-resistant.