title: The efficacy of neem seed extracts (Tre-san, MiteStop on a broad spectrum of pests and parasites.
abstract: The paper summarizes the acaricidal and insecticidal effects of a patented neem seed extract when diluted 1:10 with shampoo or 1:20, 1:30, 1:33, 1:40, respectively, 1:66 with tap water. It was shown that a broad range of pests and parasites, such as house dust mites, poultry mites, harvest mites, Ixodes and Rhipicephalus ticks, cat fleas (adults, larvae), bed bugs (all stages), head lice and mallophaga, cockroaches (genera Blatta, Blattella, Gomphadorhina), raptor bugs (Triatoma), and even food-attacking beetle (Tenebrio molitor) might be controlled with this extract, which is available as Tre-san (against house dust mites) and MiteStop (against mites, ticks, insects of any kind) to become water diluted or as Wash Away Louse or Picksan LouseStop being diluted in a shampoo. Tests on skin compatibility proved that there are no skin irritations during or after use. However, some target species are less sensible (beetles, Triatoma stages, fly maggots), while the specimens of the other species cited above were successfully killed even at low concentrations of the extract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Heinrich Heine University, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmahl
authors.forename: Khaled A S
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Al-Rasheid
authors.forename: Fathy
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abdel-Ghaffar
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klimpel
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mehlhorn
mesh_terms: D000053:Acari / Q000187:drug effects; D056810:Acaricides / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D031601:Azadirachta / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta / Q000187:drug effects; D007306:Insecticides / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D056810:Acaricides; D007306:Insecticides; D010936:Plant Extracts
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