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Table 15.4. Plant species with insecticidal properties against bed bugs, fl eas and human lice
Plant species

Compound Pest Reference

Actaea cimicifuga Bed bug Capinera (2008)

Boenninghausenia albifl ora Essential oil Ctenocephalides canis Chatterjee et al. (1968)

Carum carvi Oil Pediculus humanus

humanus

Moore and Hirschfelder
(1919)

Eucalyptus saligna Leaf oil Bed bug ( Cimex

lectularius )

Kambu et al . (1982)

Persea americana Seeds Pediculus Morton (1962)

Persea americana Seeds Pediculus Morton (1962)

Phaseolus vulgaris Leaf Bed bug Capinera (2008)

Piscidia erythrina Crushed bark Bed bug Wellman and Van Severen

(1946)

Vitex negundo Leaves Fleas Quisumbing (1947)

Table 15.5. Plant species with insecticidal properties against termites.
Plant species

Compound Termite species Reference

Meliaceae Nimkol Heterotermes tenuis Castiglioni and

Vendramim (2003)

Meliaceae and Rutaceae Obacunone and Nomilin Reticulitermes speratus Serit (1992)

Aesculus hippocastanum Aescin Reticulitermes fl avipes Van Sandermann and

Dietrichs (1957)

Albizzia anthelmintica Musennin R. fl avipes Tschesche et al.

(1970)

Aleurites moluccana Oil Coptotermes formosanus Nakayama and Osbrink

(2010)

Argemone mexicana Seed oil Repel termites Irvine (1955)

Artemisia douglasiana Vulgarone B C. formosanus Meepagala et al . (2006)

Azadirachta excelsa Leaf extracts Coptotermes

curvignathus

Sajap and Aloysius
(2000)

Boswellia carteri Gum Termite, mosquito, fl ies

and others

Irvine (1955)

Callitris columellaris Petroleum ether extract of the

wood; L -citronellic acid,
beta-eudesmol and fi ve
other lactones

Coptotermes
acinaciformis ,
Mastotermes
darwiniensis and
Nasutitermes exitiosus

Yazaki and Hillis (1977)

Callitris glauca Guiol White ants Erdtman (1949)

Callitris glaucophylla Sesquiterpene lactone

fraction

C. formosanus Watanabe et al . (2005)

Calocedrus formosana T-muurolol C. formosanus Cheng et al . (2004)

Calocedrus macrolepis
formosana

Essential oil of heartwood C. formosanus Cheng et al . (2006)

Calycophyllum
candidissimum

Pentane extract C. formosanus Carter et al . (1975)

Capparis decidua Extracts Odontotermes obesus Upadhyay et al . (2010)

Catalpa bignonioides Catalponol R. fl avipes McDaniel (1992)

Cedar wood Oil C. formosanus Zhu et al . (2001)

Centaurea maculosa Cnicin C. formosanus Meepagala et al. (2006)

Chamaecyparis pisifera Chamaecynone and

isochamaecynone

Termiticide Saeki et al . (1973)

Chlorophora excelsa Chlorophorin R. lucifugus Von Arndt (1968)

Chlorophora tinctoria Ethanol extract of the wood R. fl avipes Van Sandermann and

Dietrichs (1957)