Cleome hirta essential oil as livestock tick ( Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) and maize weevil ( Sitophilus zeamais) repellent
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Date
1999-10-01
Authors
Chhabra, S. C.
Ndung'u, M. W.
Lwande, W.
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Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
The repellency of the essential oil of the shrub Cleome hirta and of three identified constituents (phytol, (+)-cedrol, n-octacosane) was evaluated against the livestock tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and the maize weevil, Sitophillus zeamais. In a tick climbing repellency bioassay, the oil exhibited repellency which, at the highest dose, was comparable to that of the commercial arthropod repellent N,N-diethyltoluamide (DEET). In a Y-tube olfactometer bioassay, the oil showed higher or comparable repellency against S. zeamais relative to DEET at all the doses tested. The potential of C. hirta in livestock tick and maize weevil control is discussed.
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DOI:10.1016/S0367-326X(99)00071-4
Keywords
Cleome hirta, Essential oil, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Sitophillus zeamais, Repellent activity
Citation
Fitoterapia Volume 70, Issue 5, 1 October 1999, Pages 514–516