Insecticidal and repellent properties of nine volatile constituents of essential oils against the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana (L.)
✍ Scribed by Ngoh, Shay P.; Choo, Lionel E. W.; Pang, Fung Y.; Huang, Yan; Kini, Manjunatha R.; Ho, Shuit H.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1526-498X
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✦ Synopsis
The toxic and repellent properties of nine major constituents of essential oils, comprising benzene derivatives and terpenes, were evaluated against Periplaneta americana (L.). Contact and fumigant toxicities to adult females and repellency to nymphs were determined. The decreasing order of knockdown activity via contact was methyl-eugenol [ isosafrole \ eugenol [ safrole. The killing e †ect via contact was in the order eugenol \ methyleugenol \ isosafrole [ safrole. Fumigant toxicity was only observed for safrole and isosafrole, with safrole being the more potent. Isoeugenol and the tested terpenes had neither contact nor fumigant toxic e †ect. The decreasing order of repellency to nymphs was safrole [ isosafrole [ methyl-eugenol \ a-pinene [ eugenol [ isoeugenol. The benzene derivatives were generally more toxic and repellent to P. americana than the terpenes. The distance of the side chain double bond from the aromatic ring and the substitution of a methoxy group to these compounds appeared to be important determinants of their toxicity and repellency.