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Table 15.1. A list of plant species and compounds with bioactive properties against mosquito species.
Plant species Active compound Mosquito species Reference

Aegle marmelos Marmesin Anopheles gambiae

adults

Joseph et al . (2004)

Allium sativum Essential oils Mosquito larvae Greenstock and Larrea

(1972)

Allium sativum Diallyl disulfi de and diallyl

trisulfi de

Larvicide in Culex Amonkar and Banerji

(1971)

Apium graveolens 5-Allyl-2-methoxyphenol Aedes aegypti Momin et al . (2000)

Apium graveolens 3-n-Butyl-4,5- dihydrophthalide A. aegypti Momin et al . (2000)

Apium graveolens  -selinene A. aegypti Momin et al . (2000)

Artemisia tridentata Pontica epoxide Aedes atropalpus Kaminski et al. (1986)

Asclepias syriaca Aq extract of leaves Aedes aegypti Patterson et al. (1975)

Azadirachta indica Azadirachtin, Salannin

deacetylgeduni
17-hydroxyazadiradione,
gedunin and deacetylnimbin

Anopheles stephensi Nathan et al. (2005)

Backhousia myrtifolia Essential oil Aedes and Anopheles McCulloch and

Waterhouse (1947)

Cannabis sativa Alcoholic extract of the plant Aedes Abrol and Chopra (1963)

Chenopodium
ambrosioides

Methanol extract of seeds Aedes Supavarn et al . (1974)

Chloroxylon swietenia Pregeijerene, geijerene and

germacrene D

Culex quinquefasciatus
and A. aegypti

Kiran and Devi (2007)

Cinnamomum
camphora

Safrole Mosquito Ono (1950)

Citrus reticulata Limonin, nomilin and

obacunone

C. quinquefasciatus Jayaprakasha et al .

(1997)

Clausena anisata Volatile oil Mosquito Meyer (1947)

Commiphora
abyssinica

Myrrh Mosquito adult Watt and Breyer-

Brandwijk (1962)

Cordia curassavica Cordiaquinones A. aegypti Ioset et al . (2000)

Cryptotaenia
canadensis

Falcarinol and falcarindiol Culex pipiens Kern and Cardellina,

(1982); Miyazawa et al .
(1966)

Cupressus
sempervirens

Plant Mosquito Font Quer (1962)

Curcuma longa Alkanes A. aegypti Lee et al. (2001)

Cymbopogon nardus Oil Mosquito Parman et al . (1927)

Cypsophila paniculata Leaves, roots, stems Aedes Patterson et al . (1975)

Dacrydium franklinii Oil Aedes and Anopheles Waterhouse (1947)

Daucus carota Trans-asarone A. aegypti Momin and Nair (2002)

Dirca palustris Linoleic acid and oleic acid A. aegypti Ramsewak et al . (2001)

Dysoxylum
malabaricum and
D. beddomei

3  ,24,25-trihydroxycycloartane
and
Beddomeilactone

A. stephensi Nathan et al . (2008)

Echinacea purpurea Alkamides A. aegypti Greger (1984)

Eucalyptus
camaldulensis

 -Phellandrene, limonene,
p-cymene,
 -terpinene, terpinolene and
 -terpinene

A. aegypti and Aedes
albopictus

Jantan et al . (2005)

Eucalyptus dumosa Essential oil Aedes

Eupatorium
betonicaeforme

2,2-dimethyl-6-vinylchroman-4-
one and 2-senecioyl-4-
vinylphenol

Mosquito larvae Albuquerque et al . (2004)

Fruits of Piper nigrum Isobutyl amides, pellitorine,

guineensine, pipercide and
retrofractamide-A

Culex pipiens Park et al. (2002)

Hemizonia fi tchii Eucalyptol A. aegypti Klocke et al . (1985)

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