Table 3.

Insecticidal activity of cinnamon.

Insect Pest	Cinnamon Substance/Form	Effective Dose for LC50	Reference No.
Mosquito larvae Aedes aegyptii	Cinnamon oil C. cassia	58.41 mg/L	[59]
Thrips tabaci	Essential oil C. zeylanicum	Trade product with 70% oil	[60]
Mechoris ursulus	C. cassia bark extract	2.5–5 mg/paper filter	[59]
Plutella xylostella Tetranychus urticae	Essential oil C. cassia	5.96 µg/cm2	[61]
Myzus persicae	Essential oil C. cassia	6.50 µg/cm2	[61]
Sitophilus granarius	Essential oil	1000 µL/L	[62]
Acanthoscelides obtectus	Essential oil C. zeylanicum	46.8 µL/kg beans	[63]
Tribolium castaneum Sitophilus zeamais Rhyzopertha dominica	Essential oil	0.1–0.2% mixed with flour	[63]
Sitophilus oryzae Callosobruchus chinensis	Extract of C. sieboldii root bark, C. cassia extract and oil	0.7 mg/cm2	[64]
Cydalima perspectalis	Cinnamon oil as deterrent	1.5 mL in dispenser	[65]

Source: own study.