Repellency Assessment of Nepeta cataria Essential Oils and Isolated Nepetalactones on Aedes aegypti
Preclinical
Abstract
Essential oils of two Nepeta cataria (catnip) chemotypes and their isolated nepetalactone isomers were evaluated as mosquito repellents against Aedes aegypti. All samples achieved greater than 95% repellency and, at the lowest concentrations, were more effective than DEET, demonstrating the insect-repellent activity of catnip.
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Reichert, W., Ejercito, J., Guda, T., Dong, X. and others (2019) 'Repellency Assessment of Nepeta cataria Essential Oils and Isolated Nepetalactones on Aedes aegypti', Scientific Reports, 9(1), pp. 1524. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36814-1
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