title: Acaricidal effects of the essential oil of Origanum minutiflorum (Lamiaceae) against Rhipicephalus turanicus (Acari: Ixodidae).
abstract: The acaricidal effects of the volatile essential oil Origanum minutiflorum O. Schwarz & P.H. Davis (Lamiaceae) against adult Rhipicephalus turanicus was evaluated at a variety of concentrations and exposure times. Generally tick mortality increased with concentration and exposure. Ticks exposed to vapors from cotton wicks containing at least 10mul/L resulted in complete (100%) mortality at 120min. The major constituent of essential oil obtained from the plant material of O. minutiflorum was carvacrol.
authors.affiliation: Akdeniz University, Department of Biology, 07058 Antalya, Turkey. hcetin@akdeniz.edu.tr
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cetin
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cilek
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Atila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yanikoglu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D000081007:Cymenes; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000494:pharmacology*; D031341:Origanum / Q000737:chemistry; D048494:Rhipicephalus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D013997:Time Factors; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D000081007:Cymenes; D007306:Insecticides; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; C029292:origanum oil; C073316:carvacrol