Repelling properties of some plant materials on the tick Ixodes ricinus L

Sammanfattning

The repellent effects on nymphal stages of Ixodes ricinus L. of some plant materials have been studied in the laboratory. The plant material consisted of an ethanolic extract from Achillea millefolium L., and volatile oils of birch and/or pine tar, citronella, cloves, eucalyptus, geranium, lavender, lily of the valley and peppermint. The most pronounced effects were observed for the oils of citronella, cloves and lily of the valley. They possessed repelling activities of the same magnitude as the reference repellent DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide). Some major constituents of these oils, e.g. citronellol and geraniol (oil of citronella and lily of the valley) and eugenol (oil of cloves) showed pronounced repelling effects. This was also the case for phenethyl alcohol, a minor component in the oil from lily of the valley. (c) 2005 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

Nyckelord

Achillea millefolium; Citronella; clove; eucalyptus; geranium; lavender; lily of the valley; peppermint; Ixodes ricinus; tick repellents

Publicerad i

Phytomedicine
2006, volym: 13, nummer: 45659, sidor: 132-134
Utgivare: ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG

SLU författare

• Tunon, Håkan

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

SLU Centrum för biologisk mångfald, CBM

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2004.04.008

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