title: Toxicity of a plant based mosquito repellent/killer.
abstract: The mission to make humans less attractive to mosquitoes has fuelled decades of scientific research on mosquito behaviour and control. The search for the perfect topical insect repellent/killer continues. This analysis was conducted to review and explore the scientific information on toxicity produced by the ingredients/contents of a herbal product. In this process of systemic review the following methodology was applied. By doing a MEDLINE search with key words of selected plants, plant based insect repellents/killers pertinent articles published in journals and authentic books were reviewed. The World Wide Web and the Extension Toxicity Network database (IPCS-ITOX) were also searched for toxicology data and other pertinent information. Repellents do not all share a single mode of action and surprisingly little is known about how repellents act on their target insects. Moreover, different mosquito species may react differently to the same repellent. After analysis of available data and information on the ingredient, of the product in relation to medicinal uses, acute and chronic toxicity of the selected medicinal plants, it can be concluded that the ingredients included in the herbal product can be used as active agents against mosquitoes. If the product which contains the powder of the above said plants is applied with care and safety, it is suitable fo use as a mosquito repellent/killer.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, India.
authors.forename: Bhoopendra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Prakash Raj
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Manoj Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Mohanty
keywords: herbal; mosquito out; mosquito repellent; toxicity
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