TY - JOUR T1 - Insecticidal, repellent and oviposition-deterrent activity of selected essential oils against Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus. AU - Prajapati,Veena, AU - Tripathi,A K, AU - Aggarwal,K K, AU - Khanuja,S P S, Y1 - 2005/02/25/ PY - 2004/08/13/received PY - 2005/01/14/revised PY - 2005/01/18/accepted PY - 2005/7/30/pubmed PY - 2005/10/19/medline PY - 2005/7/30/entrez SP - 1749 EP - 57 JF - Bioresource technology JO - Bioresour Technol VL - 96 IS - 16 N2 - Essential oils extracted from 10 medicinal plants were evaluated for larvicidal, adulticidal, ovicidal, oviposition-deterrent and repellent activities towards three mosquito species; Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus. The essential oils of Juniperus macropoda and Pimpinella anisum were highly effective as both larvicidal and ovicidal. The essential oil of P. anisum showed toxicity against 4th instar larvae of A. stephensi and A. aegypti with equivalent LD95 values of 115.7 microg/ml, whereas it was 149.7 microg/ml against C. quinquefasciatus larvae. Essential oils of Zingiber officinale and Rosmarinus officinalis were found to be ovicidal and repellent, respectively towards the three mosquito species. The essential oil of Cinnamomum zeylanicum resulted into highest repellent (RD95) values of 49.6, 53.9 and 44.2 mg/mat against A. stephensi, A. aegypti and C. quinquefasciatus, respectively apart from oviposition-deterrent potential. SN - 0960-8524 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/16051081/Insecticidal_repellent_and_oviposition_deterrent_activity_of_selected_essential_oils_against_Anopheles_stephensi_Aedes_aegypti_and_Culex_quinquefasciatus_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -