TY - JOUR
T1 - Essential oils and their components as an alternative in the control of mosquito vectors of disease
AU - Ochoa, Sergio Andrade
AU - Sánchez-Torres, Luvia E.
AU - Nevárez-Moorillón, Guadalupe Virginia
AU - Camacho, Alejandro D.
AU - Nogueda-Torres, Benjamín
PY - 2017/3/29
Y1 - 2017/3/29
N2 - More than half of the human population is exposed to mosquito-borne infections. Climate change and the emergence of strains resistant to traditionally used insecticides have motivated the search of new agents for mosquito population control. Essential oils have been effective repellents and larvicidal agents.The aim of this work was to review research studies conducted in recent years on the larvicidal activity of essential oils and their components against Aedes, Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes, as well as the latest reports about their possible mechanism of action.
AB - More than half of the human population is exposed to mosquito-borne infections. Climate change and the emergence of strains resistant to traditionally used insecticides have motivated the search of new agents for mosquito population control. Essential oils have been effective repellents and larvicidal agents.The aim of this work was to review research studies conducted in recent years on the larvicidal activity of essential oils and their components against Aedes, Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes, as well as the latest reports about their possible mechanism of action.
KW - Oils, volatile
KW - disease vectors
KW - insect vectors
KW - larvicides
KW - terpenes.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060917049&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7705/biomedica.v37i0.3475
DO - 10.7705/biomedica.v37i0.3475
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 29161495
AN - SCOPUS:85060917049
SN - 0120-4157
VL - 37
SP - 224
EP - 243
JO - Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
JF - Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
ER -
