2014

Seid Yimer and Omprakash Sahu
Anti-mosquito repellent from Artemisia Annua L.
International Journal of Medical and Clinical Sciences. Vol 1(1) : pp 001-008, May, 2014

Anti-mosquito repellent from Artemisia Annua International Journal of Medical and Clinical Sciences

Abstract : Malaria is one of the dangerous diseases, which are occurred due to mosquitoes. The mosquitoes are increase day by day’s industrial growth and awareness. Protection from arthropod bites is best achieved by avoiding infested habitats, wearing protective clothing, and using insect repellent. In many circumstances, applying repellent to the skin may be the only feasible way to protect against insect bites. Given that a single bite from an infected arthropod can result in transmission of disease, it is important to know which repellent products can be relied on to provide predictable and prolonged protection from insect bites. Commercially available insect repellents can be divided into two categories synthetic chemicals and plant derived essential oils. In that extracted oil are more effective, non-sticky ; non-toxic and environmentally friendly ; safer on sensitive skins and some can be used on children as young reduced irritation ; harmless to most plastics and fabrics. The aim of the work is to use extracted oil from Artemisia Annua as anti-mosquitoes repellent. The extracted oil was used with eucalyptus oil, neem oil and rose oil. The better performance shows by Artemisia Annua with eucalyptus oil combination. Up to 2 hours not single bite by female’s mosquitoes

Keywords : Antibiotics ; Biological ; Diseases ; Eucalyptus ; oil ; Rose

2016

Pierre Lutgen
Caryophyllene : the Cinderella of essential oils
Malariaword.org, December 7, 2016

Online article

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Pierre Lutgen
Mosquitocidal and repellent properties of plant extracts
Extrait de Artemisia Compendium. From polytherapy to prophylaxy : The power of the Artemisia plants

Mosquitocidal and repellent properties of plant extracts

Pierre Lutgen

2021

Liu H, Guo SS, Lu L, Li D, Liang J, Huang ZH, Zhou YM, Zhang WJ, Du S.
Essential oil from Artemisia annua aerial parts : composition and repellent activity against two storage pests.
Nat Prod Res. 2021 Mar ;35(5):822-825. doi : 10.1080/14786419.2019.1599887. Epub 2019 Apr 8. PMID : 30961365.

Abstract

As a medicinal plant, Artemisia annua is widely distributed in China. The purpose of this work was to analyze the chemical composition of essential oil from A. annua aerial portions, as well as to assess its repellent activity against Lasioderma serricorne and Tribolium castaneum adults. GC-FID and GC-MS analyses enabled the identification of 15 components representing 90.1% of the essential oil. The main components included artemisia ketone (70.6%), α-caryophyllene (5.1%) and germacrene D (3.8%). The essential oil was found to possess considerable ability to repel the two storage pests. This paper provided some evidence for the exploitation and utilization of A. annua resources as a natural repellent.

Keywords : Artemisia annua ; Lasioderma serricorne ; Tribolium castaneum ; artemisia ketone ; repellent.