Abstract

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

Published in

Phytomedicine
2006, Volume: 13, number: 1-2, pages: 132-134
Publisher: ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG

SLU Authors

• Tunon, Håkan

  • Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Publication Identifiers

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

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/20694