Repellent properties of celery, Apium graveolens L., compared with commercial repellents, against mosquitoes under laboratory and field conditions

• Main Authors: Tuetun B., Choochote W., Kanjanapothi D., Rattanachanpichai E., Chaithong U., Chaiwong P., Jitpakdi A., Tippawangkosol P., Riyong D., Pitasawat B.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27844535701&partnerID=40&md5=f0f20e12546fb5af2c31938d2787400c; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16262746; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/1815
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

In our search for new bioactive products against mosquito vectors, we reported the slightly larvicidal and adulticidal potency, but remarkable repellency of Apium graveolens both in laboratory and field conditions. Repellency of the ethanolic preparation of hexane-extracted A. graveolens was, theref...